Muntakhab al-tawarikh 270: LVII. Sipihri.

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He is Mirza Beg, brother’s son to Khwaja Amina, who was known as Khwaja Jahan. He has written a divan. The following verses are the fruit of his brilliant intellect: — “Soften with a smile the poison of thy angry eye, As bitter almonds are made sweet by the addition of salt.”
“My wandering heart passed by the street of calamity, It is strange that my heart wandered without thee. Its action was strange.”
“Sipihri, take, like the tulip, a cup in the king’s round, Now that the heart has blossomed and the rose-garden smells sweet.”
“The king of exalted rank, Humāyūn, the dust of whose door In dignity far excels the heavens.”