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… break the intoxicating jar ! It is enough that thou art Near, the shamer of the foolish Far, To glut thy jasmine podex on the member of thine El Qahar ; To glut thine almond member in the podex of thine El Qahar. 1. Riddle. In the Persian are perhaps concealed some details of the Poet’s life and amours. 2. Azrael — angel of death ; Israfel — of the last Judgement, bear respectively a sword and a trum- pet. We have taken Azrael though modern Per- sians usually (Not the text here. Ed.) call him Abu Yahya [Persian text] “ Father John.” Some ignor…
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…m dusk to dawn consecutively lay, Yet at thy buttock’s velvet, O Habib, That man would rise erect from mudded clay. Bid thou the Qazi to thine house ; I ween That he would sprout a member on the way. Or didst thou call upon him in the tomb Isa4 would rise, as silly Christians say. Thy podex being his, thine El Qahar Is always gold, and never rose and grey.5 1. The word used here is [Persian text] ‘ hearing ’ and also “ the Song and Dance of the Mevliviyeh dervishes.” Thus far Palmer ; and I can learn no more. But probably the word is used to em…
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27 words in pretence of conversation ; thine eyes hard shut lest thou shouldst see thy lover move and perhaps (oh, worst of woes !), frighten him from thee ; fearful, oh ! infinitely fearful lest he should not love thee after all, soft words (oh, the burning cheeks, the bitten lips !) whose hidden fire shall kindle the great blaze ? How talk with thee, whose quickened hearing has not known him creep ever closer, yet afraid to touch thee, has not heard the rushing of his heart, the shortening of his breath ? How talk, if thou have not felt one t…
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… with thy po- dex-muscle upon the member of El Qahar, that thou hast no remembrance of any circumstance connected with my personality or thine, but art completely absorbed by the act ? It causes me to remember an antient folly and blasphemy spoken to me — Allah purify mine ears ! — by a certain Sufi, who, being excessively drunk, had lost control over his tongue. For he said that in a certain holy meditation both Allah and himself were destroyed, and that nought re- mained, but only the consciousness of bliss.1 This is contrary to reason, for h…
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…s tent, men said of thee : “ The complexions of the women are well shaded from the sun.” Now it is thin and transparent, that tun- ic of thine, and people are saying : “ Please Allah it may not rain ; else will the horses catch cold and die ! ”.3 Every gossip comes to me and prates of thy mis- demeanours ; my beard waves with anger like an old goat’s. Come to me, and I will beat thee sound- ly ; and if thou offendest again I will carry thee be- fore this ass-calibred Qazi—Allah on him !—I know well what punishment he will give thee—love ; but e…
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… think, I cannot pierce The truth of things ; I cannot win Unto the real ; life’s wheel is kept From turning by its axle-pin.1 But swing thine hips and smile upon The hideous world’s malicious grin ! Then when we end, the task is light : Bid El Qahar once more begin2 ! 1. The very cause of life — desire — is that which hinders its attaining to higher planes. A
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…s of earth, Nor can the heavens this need with song supply.]3 So thou with Allah, man ! hold Him as dear (Nay, dearer !) as the apple of thine eye.
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…x gives The fragrance of some porcelain jasmine-jar.5 Our canopy is night ; our fan the wind ; Our bed some mountain’s amethystine spar. Thine arms close tighter ; drain the cup of love (Which is the cup of death) with El Qahar !
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…der podex as the elephant to the nightin- gale. By Allah, I say, go not ! ’twere shame, when thou returnest, that thou shouldest seem to thine El Qahar like Hatim Tai’s4 tunic to that Allah- forgotten hunchback5 Ali Bukhti.6 1. To break wind is the worst breach of good taste possible to a Musalman. Witness the famous story translated by Burton. 2. Qazi — magistrate. 3. It is exceedingly doubtful whether an actual Jew would be permitted to hold office, even if con- verted to Islam. The term is probably simple abuse. Ass-membered (khar-nafsar, [P…
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…ases thee but male vigour. Alas ! thou carest no more for riding, but only for tippling ; Firdausi6 pleases thee not, nor the Ghazals of thine El Qahar.7 Thou art but an hog wallowing in Nubian mire ; thou art fat ; thou stinkest ; thy voice is getting like a jackal’s, while thy podex is no more elastic than a ten year old
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…MPARISONS O Habib, I have compared thy figure to the cy- press, and to a thousand other beautifully shapen things. Also I have said that thine eyes were like the sun for splendour ; and like the gazelle’s eyes for depth and softness ; many other things very well composed have I sung concerning thee.1 I have even compared the perfume of thy podex to that of the rose, and I take Allah to witness that this is not so, except by favour of Him in whom all is One.2 I was faithful and diligent in love, and worshipped thee above all save Him to whom alo…
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… not, therefore, O man ! at the chastise- ments of Allah ! Each of these will He a thousand- fold repay. And the pain that I suffered at thine infidelities is well repaid by this thy love restored. Thou shalt never leave the side of El Qahar, and Laila shall be sold to Haroun the goatfaced Jew.7 1. [Persian text] the word used here “ has the value of 180, which is 4 times 45, so it means that his guardian angel is on all sides of him.” So Mah- bub ! 2. All this implies that the adept has by now ac- quired the complete control of his mind and hi…
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…h reft my dearest pledge ? ” Alas ! neither Fate nor God could I ac- cuse : the dread hollow voice of my own stricken soul answered me “ Thine own folly, thou miserable of the fortunate of the sons of men ! ” Ah ! but I beat my breast — in vain — in vain ! Ay ! the joy we had of each other under those blue-grey hills ! Do you remember the day of the storm, when we huddled under the rocks, and lit a fire of bracken and pine twigs ? How you stripped me by force — for I was afraid, and jealous, and coquettish—and took your pleasure of me, thrice i…