{"collection":"Islam","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/isl/saab/saab27.htm","path":"isl/saab/saab27.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/isl/saab/saab27.htm","text":"Salaman and Absal, by Jami, tr. Edward Fitzgerald, [1904]\nWhen in this Plight The Shah Sal\u00e1m\u00e1n saw,\n His Soul was struck with Anguish, and the Vein\n Of Life within was strangled\u2014what to do\n He knew not. Then he turn\u2019d him to The Sage\u2014\n \"Oh Altar of the World, to whom Mankind\n \"Directs the Face of Prayer in Weal or Woe,\n \"Nothing but Wisdom can untie the Knot;\n \"And art not Thou the Wisdom of the World,\n \"The Master-Key of all its Difficulties?\n \"Abs\u00e1l is perisht; and, because of Her,\n \"Sal\u00e1m\u00e1n dedicates his Life to Sorrow;\n \"I cannot bring back Her, nor comfort Him.\n \"Lo, I have said! My Sorrow is before Thee;\n \"From thy far-reaching Wisdom help Thou Me\n \"Fast in the Hand of Sorrow! Help Thou Me,\n \"For I am very wretched!\" Then The Sage\u2014\n \"Oh Thou that err\u2019st not from the Road of Right,\n \"If but Sal\u00e1m\u00e1n have not broke my Bond,\n \"Nor lies beyond the Noose of my Firm\u00e1n,\n \"He quickly shall unload his Heart to me,\n \"And I will find a Remedy for all.\"","title":"Salaman and Absal: Sal\u00e1m\u00e1n and Abs\u00e1l: XXV","type":"page"}