July 16 (Fire) Liber LXV, Cap. IV, v. 11-13
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**11. There are purse-proud penniless ones that stand at the door of the tavern and prate of their feats of wine-bibbing.
12. There are purse-proud penniless ones that stand at the door of the tavern and revile the guests.
13. The guests dally upon couches of mother-of-pearl in the garden; the noise of the foolish men is hidden from them.
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This chapter in general somewhat, and these verses in particular, cross-references surah 56 of the Qur'an in my mind. There's more I could say but I'm pretty lazy right now. (Bad night of sleep; the noise of the foolish men was not hidden from me. LOL I just realized the literal accuracy.)
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Here, I think, the guests in the tavern are along the line of adepts (lovers) and the purse proud penniless ones are general humanity. Furthermore, they are the type of humanity that place value in "coins" and their accumulation within the purse. The idea that floats across my mind here is that in clutching the purse we end up finding we lose what is of real value in life. The focus being on storing up the pennies instead of living life and passionately enjoying it as the guests do within the tavern. The guests are reviled because they choose to take part in life, enjoy it with fervor, and this is a flaunting attack on those clutching their purses. However, the guests pay no attention to this and simply enjoy the amenities.
Part of the focus here is to enjoy what you have with zeal. Don't hold anything back as when you do it may be found that you lose it all. Perhaps you never really had it in the first place and whatever value you felt you had was simply there to remind you that existence is pure joy (undoubtedly putting my own spin on this
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