CHAPTERLXXXVI

chapterlxxxvi

iii.96.jîvmahalmens'ivpahunwâ

serveyourgod,whohascomeintothistempleoflife!

donotactthepartofamadman,forthenightisthickening

fast.

hehasawaitedmeforcountlessages,forloveofmehehas

losthisheart:

yetididnotknowtheblissthatwassoneartome,formylove

wasnotyetawake.

butnow,myloverhasmadeknowntomethemeaningofthenote

thatstruckmyear:

now,mygoodfortuneiscome.

kabîrsays:"behold!howgreatismygoodfortune!ihave

receivedtheunendingcaressofmybeloved!"