ly remedy.

* * * * *

Only in visions can I come again
To the Beloved, and a shade she seems;
My lips desire in vain
The touch of ghostly kisses,
The shadowy kisses that I know in dreams.

* * * * *

O kind imagination, thou hast given
Eyes to my heart, and though She veil her grace
Fold behind fold, they seek the hidden heaven,
They find the secret beauties of her face.

* * * * *

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.

* * * * *

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.