Note 210 — THE BOOK OF THE MESNEVĪ (continued 2)
James W. (James William) Redhouse translation
This section purports to have been suggested by the following couplet from ‘Attār:—
“O heedless child of lust, weep thou tears of blood. If a saint eat poison, honey-like ’tis food.”
The original expression for “saint,” here, is: “a man of heart.”