But yester‐eve a lamp in hand 1
The Shaykh did all the city span,
Sick of mere ghosts he sought a man,
But could find none in all the land.
“I Rustam or a Hyder seek
I’m sick of snails, am sick,” he said,
“There’s none,” said I. He shook his head,
“There’s none like them, but still I seek.”
—Rumi
The Shaykh did all the city span,
Sick of mere ghosts he sought a man,
But could find none in all the land.
“I Rustam or a Hyder seek
I’m sick of snails, am sick,” he said,
“There’s none,” said I. He shook his head,
“There’s none like them, but still I seek.”
—Rumi
1 The versified translation of the quotation from Rumi is taken from Shaikh Mahmud Husain.
Strangely, Nicholson omitted it although he was best known as Rumi’s translator.
Strangely, Nicholson omitted it although he was best known as Rumi’s translator.
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