How the parrot bade farewell to the merchant and flew away.

The parrot gave him one or two counsels full of (spiritual) savour and after that bade him the farewell of parting.

The merchant said to her, “Go, God protect thee! Just now thou hast shown to me a new Way.”

Said the merchant to himself, “This is the counsel for me; I will take her Way, for this Way is shining with light.

How should my soul be meaner than the parrot? The soul ought to follow a good track like this.”