Vis and Ramin

RAMIN INSISTS ON SEPARATION 853
drunk, and am become sober ; now I shall remain without
grief all the days
that I have. But now I have awaked
from the sleep of folly, my stupid heart has but now
become prudent. . . . Since I am delivered from my dis-
honourable Fate, my legs have become so light that birds
cannot catch the dust of my feet. Thou seest me no longer
a lover, as thou hast done hitherto. He that frees his
reason from Fate is freed from troubles and relieved from
manifold affliction ;
wherever he may be, he does not seek
gain from fear of damage.
" Do thou thus likewise, if thou hast wits ; be like me,
afflict not thyself any more about anything. Use wisdom
and intelligence, for wisdom is royalty. If thou pursuest
passion for a hundred years even, in the end thou shalt see
nought profitable remain in thy hands only wind."
2:;