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I did not weep until my heart was lost,
    So strange the bartering of love appears,
I gave the shining jewel of my soul
    To buy these pearls—­my tears.

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The eyes say in reproach, O wayward heart,
What road of ruin hast thou led us in! 
The heart complains, O eyes,
Beguiled yourselves, ye lured me into sin.

GLOSSARY.

Bazar—­market place.

Bulbul—­nightingale.

Darwesh—­devotee, dervish.

Diwan—­collection of poems.

Ede—­festival.

Fakir—­an ascetic in Islam.

Ghazal—­ode:  form of verse written in couplets, all in one rhyme.

Hind, Hindustan—­Upper India, north of the Vindhya Hills.

Islam—­The religion of Muslims:  lit. absolute surrender to Allah alone.

Kaaba—­central sanctuary of Islam, at Mecca, holy city of Islam.

Kafir—­unbeliever, one who is not a Muslim.

Kismet—­fate.

Lakh—­100,000:  myriad.

Masnawi—­epic poem, written in rhymed couplets.

Mecca, Medina—­sacred places of Islam, in Arabia:  the birthplace and burial place of Muhammad.

Muhammad—­the Prophet of Islam (A.D. 570-632).

Mushaira—­poetical concourse (see Foreword p. 1.).

Muslim—­or Musulman; lit. one surrendered to Allah alone.

Prophet—­see Muhammad.

Purdah—­curtain.

Qasidah—­elegy or eulogy.

Saki—­the cup-bearer, wine-giver.

Sufi—­see Foreword, p. 2.

Suleiman—­Solomon, King of the Jews:  in Muslim legend lord over angels and demons.

Takhallus—­pen-name.

Urdu—­see Foreword, p. 3.

Works on Sufism.

A Sufi message of spiritual Liberty, with A Short sketch of the author’s life and his portrait in colours. 2/6 net.

The mysticism of Sound,
or the phenomena of vibrations,
with the portrait of the author in colours.
5/- net.

The diwan of Inayat Khan,
rendered into verse by Jessie Duncan Westbrook,
with the portrait of the author in colours.
2/6 net.

The confessions of Inayat Khan,
by Regina Miriam Bloch.
1/- net.

Songs of India,
rendered from the urdu, Hindi and Persian by Inayat Khan and Jessie
Duncan Westbrook.
1/6 net.