Muntakhab al-tawarikh 252: XXXIX. Huzni.

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He was one of the learned men of ‘Iraq. During the disturbances at Hirat he left that perilous place to journey towards India, but before he reached his goal he set forth for the desert of non-existence. The following verses are his:—
“Laughter comes upon me when I think on the simplicity of Huzni, For he loves, and expects fidelity from his beloved. The loved one, in her ignorance, rendered fruitless my efforts on his behalf; And the strange thing is that he is all the more indebted to me.”
“I throw my darvish’s robe on the fire that thou mayest smell the odour of faith From the patched garment, every thread of which is a fire-worshipper’s sacred thread.”