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1131. To those who are torn from their loved one and suffer the pangs of their passion there is no other resource left but the riding of the palmyra stalk.

1132. Body and soul cannot support this anguish and have consented to ride the palm: they have trampled down all shame.

1133. Firmness and delicacy I had formerly: but now I possess only the stalk of the palmyra that is ridden by the love-lorn lover.

1134. I put my trust on the raft that was built of firmness and delicacy : but the rushing stream of passion hath carried it along in its course.

1135. This fair one who weareth tiny bracelets and who is tender as a flower, it is she that hath given me the palm-stalk and the anguish of eventide. Rh