Who Is Here? Who Is There?
In the Garden, when the a
ut
umn wind blows,
In the bird’s voice there is wailing and lamentation.
In the lovesick nightingale’s song there is a call,
with a different effect, a different mark.
Still, the nightingale is yearning for the love of the flower.
Still, the salamander is nesting in the oven.
Still, Mans
ur is hanging on the gallows.
He says: “I’m the Tr
uth,” yet the secret (tr
uth) is hidden.
Still, Z
ulaykha is not afraid of reb
uke.
Still, Y
us
uf is evading Z
ulaykha.
Still, the Christian maiden is breaching Sheikh San’an''s faith.
Still, the Sheikh is tending her swine.