I have bought pleasant trifles, and thus soothed my lack of LAYLAH.

Light is my wallet, and my heart is also light; and yet I know that the clouds will gather closer for the false clearing.

The mirage will fade; then will the desert be thirstier than before.

O ye who dwell in the Dark Night of the Soul, beware most of all of every herald of the Dawn!

O ye who dwell in the City of the Pyramids beneath the Night of PAN, remember that ye shall see no more light but That of the great fire that shall consume your dust to ashes!

     This chapter means that it is useless to try to abandon the Great Work. You may occupy yourself for a time with other things, but you will only increase your bitterness, rivet the chains still faster on your feet.
     Paragraph 4 is a practical counsel to mystics not to break up their dryness by relaxing their austerities.
     The last paragraph will only be understood by Masters of the Temple.