[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) › 207 # Muntakhab al-tawarikh 207: Couplets by Ghuri: Muntakhabu-t-tawārīkh (Ranking, Lowe, Haig) 207 - **Language:** English ### [207](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.207) "If in the Ka'bah thy heart wanders towards any besides (the Lord of the Ka'bah), Thy worship is all wickedness, and the Ka'bah is to thee no more than an idol-temple. But if thy heart is fixed on God, even though thou dwell in the wineshop, Drink wine fearlessly, thine end can be nought but good." "We fear not death, but this is our misfortune That we must remain disappointed of regarding the lovely ones of this world." "Those who are at rest in the dust were all slain by thy sword; The sword of Death has had no opportunity here." “We are within the compass of a revolving lantern; a whole world remains in astonishment therein, Man whirls madly therein like the figures on the lantern.” “The zealot’s cloak is stretched over his bent form like the string on a bow, But the debauchees fear not the arrows of his prayers.” Quatrain. “My mind is an ocean which contains a gem, My tongue is a sword which has an edge, The clarion of my pen has the sound of the last trump, I am the bird of the angels, my words are winged.” He has introduced into one qasidah all the numerals from one to a hundred. This is its opening couplet— “By one word from thy two ruby lips Masih obtained three favours; Eternal life, and graceful speech, and power to give life.” “We are wine, and round our necks is the collar of the wine-jar, We have a power of intoxication in which the whole world is lost.” - [Previous: 206](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.206) - [Next: 208](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.208) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.207](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.207) · Pramāṇa