[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) › 231 # Muntakhab al-tawarikh 231: XX. Baqi of Kolab. Muntakhabu-t-tawārīkh (Ranking, Lowe, Haig) 231 - **Language:** English ### [231](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.231) He had a natural talent for poetry. The following verses are his : — “In thine absence I am the slave of a hundred griefs, Do thou rejoice since I am overwhelmed with anguish.” “Although the fair to-day do not know my worth, They will know it to-morrow when I shall be no more.” “My eyes are suffused sometimes with my heart’s blood, sometimes with blood from my liver, To me, the wretched one far from her face, even the way of sight is closed.” “He never becomes liberal like the cypress in the garden of the world, Who, like the narcissus, fixes his eyes always in covetousness on silver and gold.” Baqi was a long time in Hindustan and was killed during the rebellion of Ma‘sum the Kabuli. - [Previous: 230](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.230) - [Next: 232](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.232) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.231](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.231) · Pramāṇa