The Ruba'iyat . ^ LT ^k cd-^ u^j rJ^ td5:;~5 ^. ????? uasaffl 73 thou desirest not a stock in trade, for its source weakens,and who will consume the capital, seeing that thou consumestall the profit ? 145- 0 soul! if thou canst purify thyself from the dust of the body,1thou, naked spirit, canst soar in the heavens, the Empyrean 3 is thy sphere,—let it be thy shame, that thou comest4 and art a dweller within the confines0 of earth. 146. 1 smote the glass wine-cup upon a stone last night,my head was turned1 that I did so base a thing r 19—2 264 Notes 3, 4. Vide antt, passim. 147. I find this qua
The Ruba'iyat . ^ LT ^k cd-^ u^j rJ^ td5:;~5 ^. ????? uasaffl 73 thou desirest not a stock in trade, for its source weakens,and who will consume the capital, seeing that thou consumestall the profit ? 145- 0 soul! if thou canst purify thyself from the dust of the body,1thou, naked spirit, canst soar in the heavens, the Empyrean 3 is thy sphere,—let it be thy shame, that thou comest4 and art a dweller within the confines0 of earth. 146. 1 smote the glass wine-cup upon a stone last night,my head was turned1 that I did so base a thing r 19—2 264 Notes 3, 4. Vide antt, passim. 147. I find this quatrain only in P. 263, and in a varied form as L. 722 (B. 711).It is a matter for comment that so careful and discriminating a collator as have omitted so characteristic a quatrain. 1. Literally, hold up. L. reads bar 2. Literally, heart-seeking, or heart-desired. 3. This duplicated adverb is a common form of Persian superlative. 4. The second and third lines in L. read : Cheerfully seek the verdant spot and the ban
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