A weaver asks about clothes, and Almustafa declares that clothing conceals beauty but fails to hide ugliness. Privacy becomes a harness and chain. He wishes the sun and wind would meet skin rather than raiment. Shame is the loom on which the north wind weaves clothing, and modesty is but a shield against the unclean eyes. The earth delights in bare feet, and the winds delight in playing with one's hair.
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