[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Dark Ages](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages) › [General histories](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general) › [Muntakhab al-tawārīkh](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh) › [Muntakhabu-t-tawarikh (Ranking, Lowe, Haig)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig) › 175.1 # Muntakhab al-tawarikh 175.1 Muntakhabu-t-tawārīkh (Ranking, Lowe, Haig) 175.1 - **Language:** English ### [175.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.175.1) “ O thou, at the thought of whose face intimacy comes back to me, My desire cannot be borne on paper, As the lofty mountain cannot be weighed in a balance, And as the ocean cannot be measured by a water-gauge. Why should I sing your praises ? They are far beyond the pretensions of the bald style and the impotent rhetoric of me, ‘Abdu-l-Qadir ; and any attempt to comprise them therein would resemble the endeavour to imprison the sea in a jug.” Poetry. “ And what shall I say of my blessings on you ? No bird of devotion flies from me to the lote-tree of Paradise, For no bird bears in his beak a list of my blessings on thee. Why should I say anything of my desire of seeing you again ? Quatrain. O thou whose hand has been held in my two hands, Who hast hindered me from the enjoyment of health, It is impossible that I should record my desire towards thee, The strong desire that I have towards thee. Since the time when you saw fit to take your departure hence to the land where you now dwell, the interpreter of divine secrets, by which expression may be understood the root of the elements of true knowledge, gladdened me by coming to me repeatedly, both for a few days before and a few days after the festival of the new year, conveying to me the truth contained in the following couplet from the Ten Sayings of Good Tidings:— Couplet. ‘This day a tall and comely man, in his own city, Sits with his bride, rejoicing in his good fortune.’ - [Previous: 174.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.174.5) - [Next: 175.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.175.2) - [Up: 175](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.175) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.175.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.175.1) · Pramāṇa