you must part with this love of yours one day? he said i have no doubt about it. so plato said to him make that bitterness swallowed that day this day. he said i have no doubt about it. plato said to him make that bitterness swallowed that day and remove between them the fear of the one who is waiting and who will remain in his condition whose arrival is inevitable and the difficulty of dealing with that after it has become entrenched and familiarity has joined it and supported it. it is said that the disciple said to plato what you say o wise master is true but i find my waiting for it a consolation as the days pass by which is easier for me. plato said to him how did you trust in the consolation of the days and not fear their familiarity and why did you feel secure that the separating state would come to you before consolation and after it has become entrenched so that the anguish would intensify and the bitterness would double for you. it is said that at that moment that man prostrated himself before plato thanked him prayed for him and praised him. he did not return to anything he had been doing and no sadness or longing appeared on his part. after that he continued to attend platos gatherings never neglecting them at all. it is said that
لا بد لك من مفارقة حبتك هذه يوما ما؟ قال ما أشك في ذلك. فقال له فلاطن فاجعل تلك المرارة المتجرعة في ذلك اليوم في هذا اليوم، قال ما أشك في ذلك. فقال له فلاطن فاجعل تلك المرارة المتجرعة في ذلك اليوم، وأزح ما بينهما من خوف المنتظر الباقي بحاله الذي لابد من مجيئه وصعوبة معالجة ذلك بعد الاستحكام وانضمام الإلف إليه وعضده له. فيقال إن التلميذ قال لفلاطن إن ما تقول أيها السيد الحكيم حق، لكني أجد انتظاري له سلوة بمرور الأيام عني أخف علي. فقال له فلاطن وكيف وثقت بسلوة الأيام ولم تخف إلفها، ولم أمنت أن تأتيك الحالة المفرقة قبل السلوة وبعد الاستحكام، فتشتد بك الغصة وتتضاعف عليك المرارة. فيقال إن ذلك الرجل سجد في تلك الساعة لفلاطن وشكره ودعا له وأثنى عليه، ولم يعاود شيئا مما كان فيه ولم يظهر منه حزن ولا شوق، ولم يزل بعد ذلك لازما لمجالس فلاطن غير مخل بها بتة. ويقال إن