The perfume of thy shirt has reached me,
My soul was ravished by that sweet odour.
I had offered a fātiḥah* for union with thee,
Praise be to God that my fātiḥah was accepted.

And, remembering the word that he had spoken, I regarded this occurrence as a miracle,* and I now preserve that Joseph's coat* as I preserve my life—and praise be to God for all this!

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And as I have been the companion of desire for his excellency
From the cradle, I hope that (that desire) will continue to
the grave.

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Desire for thee within my mind, and love for thee within my
heart,
Did enter me with mother's milk, and with my life will leave
me.

The following is a brief account of that holy man. He was the cynosure* of his time, an inspired prophet, and a worker of wonders and manifest miracles, giving clear proofs of his sanctity.* He had undergone severe discipline* and in holy endeavour had striven much. In early life* he acquired exoteric knowledge and had also been engaged in teaching. He had resigned himself to God and lived an eremite, going never to the houses of worldly men but once, when in obedience to the (royal) command he went from Shīrgaṛh to Gwāliyār to see Salīm Shāh,* and although the Khalīfah of the age,* when he was proceeding to Patan sent Shahbāz Khān* to summon the Shaikh to bestow on him the honour of a visit, the Shaikh made his excuses, saying, ^39. “My secret prayers are sufficient.” He avoided to the utmost of his power the companionship of the lords of the earth, investing himself with the cloak of “Poverty is my glory.”* He was constant in almsgiving, and in pointing out to searchers after truth the path of holiness, and whosoever was so aided by fortune as to be led to the Shaikh received great profit from the precious utterances of that blessing of the age and cynosure* of the world. In the year H. 982 (A.D. 1574-5) his tent was pitched under the curtain of the Majesty of God the Most High, and in the Court of union with Him, may His glory be exalted! The words “Ah, Shaikh Dā'ūd the Saint!”* were found to give the date (of his death). May God bestow upon him His boundless mercy, and raise us with him in that hour when all shall be gathered together.*