I should procure such straws for my nest from somewhere for burning which the lightning may be restless. (One should be prepared to sacrifice everything in the Love of God.)

Alas! O despair! The sky broke it down intently; whichever branch I selected for my nest. (Under the influence of Greek cosmology the sky was considered to control human destiny throughout the ancient world. In particular it was believed to bring ill luck. Though this belief no longer exists the expression still continues in Urdu and Persian literature.)

You are contending with the seventy two nations; one goblet of yours suits the whole world best.* *Allusion to the Hadith of the Holy Prophet S.A.W. that the Muslim Ummah would be divided into seventy two sects. However, this verse reminds Muslims that the Holy Qur’an has been sent down to guide the entire world and unite the whole mankind into a super national society and State. So the Muslims, who are its first recipients and custodians, should keep their own brotherhood intact instead of being divided into seventy-two mutually contending sects.

I should create some such longing in my heart; so the sky may turn around to annihilate me best.

Collect your harvest first by picking it grain by grain; some thunderbolt will surely come out to annihilate it. (Verses 4 and 5 mean that the highest felicity for a Lover of God is to sacrifice all his hard-earned worldly possessions in His cause.)

I had regard for the failure of the hunter, O friend; otherwise, why could I come over flying for one grain?

The heart should not sing freedom's song in this garden. Ah! This garden is not suitable for such odes!