Understanding Salat — Page 190
Understanding S al A t 190 greetings of peace and wants justice, and desires a remedy and the path of right guidance. She said, “Is it proper that I, in (such a state of ) yearning, should give (up my) life here (and) die in separation? Is it right that I (should be) in (such) strict bondage, while you (are) sometimes on the green grass (and) sometimes on the trees? Is the faithfulness of (true) friends like this, (that) I (am) in prison and you (are) in the rose garden?”. . . The man of trade accepted this message (and agreed) that he would deliver the greet- ing from her to (her own) kind. When he reached the farthest regions of India, he saw some parrots in a wilderness. . . . he delivered the greeting and returned that (which he had been given in) trust. Among those parrots, one parrot trembled greatly, fell, died, and stopped breathing… The merchant finished his trading (and) returned to (his) home. . . The parrot said, “Where is (this) slave’s present? Tell what you saw and said!”. . . He replied, “I told your complaints to a group of your fellow parrots. “That one parrot-- her heart broke from getting wind of your pain, and she trembled and died”. . . When she heard about what that parrot did, she then trembled, fell, and became cold. When the master saw her fallen like this,…he threw her out of the cage. The little parrot flew to a high branch. . . The merchant. . . said, “O nightingale, share a portion (of wisdom) with us in explanation of