TE. Repent with sincerity of heart lest thou afterwards grieve.

Thy body shall perish: thy mouth shall be buried with it; what canst thou do then?

SE. Praise God very much; draw not thy breath without doing so,

Or thou shalt be offered for sale from shop to shop, and not an adh[3] shall be obtained for thee.

JIM. Put together travelling expenses, and pack up wherewithal to go with thee:

Without the Lord thou shalt trudge about wearily.

HE. Embrace humility, renounce the pride of thy heart;

Restrain thy wandering mind, O Rukn-ul-Din, and every moment remember thy Creator.

KHE. They were traitors who forgot their Creator;

Their minds were bent on the hoarding of wealth, and they bore loads of sin upon their heads.

[1. In the institutes of Parâsar there is found an injunction not to speak the language of the inhabitants of Yavan--a word which originally meant Greece, but was afterwards applied to Arabia--even though it save life from issuing by the throat. Parâsar possessed the Hindu abhorrence of strange countries and gave expression to it. His words are now understood by the Hindus to refer to the language of the Musalmans, though there were no Musalmans for centuries after his time.

2. Muhammadan law.

3. About an eighth of a farthing of English money.]

DAL. Be honest, O man, and sleep not during the eight watches of day and night.

Awake for one watch and hold converse with God.

ZAL. Remember God, O man, vacillate not an iota;

So shall hell fire not touch thee at all, and thy covetousness and worldly love be at an end.

RE. The advantage of faith thou shalt know when thou arrivest before God.

Restrain the five evil passions,[1] O Rukn-ul-Din, and apply thy heart to God.

ZE. Practise humility, the Lord is independent;

He doeth what he pleaseth; what certainty is there regarding His acts?

SIN. Search thy heart; the Lord is in thee.

The body is a vessel which He wrought, and into which He infused His workmanship and skill.

SHIN. Thou shalt obtain martyrdom if thou die for the love of the dear One.

O Rukn-ul-Din, this human body shall depart while in it pray to obtain God.

SUAD. Let thy mind be contented when thou obtainest thine allotted food.

God who gave thee the disease of hunger is thy physician.

ZUAD. God's splendour is lost for those who associate themselves with worldly affairs.

Arise, look before thee, and regard not the play of the world.

TOE. Embrace tariqat and enter upon marafat;[2]

This body of thine shall become a heap of dust in the grave.

ZOE. They were tyrants who heeded not the Name:

How can man obtain peace without his Master?

[1. Lust, anger, covetousness, worldly love, and pride.