Muntakhab al-tawarikh 282: LXX. Mulla Sadiq Halwa'i of Samarqand.

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He is too honourable to be placed among the poets and reckoned along with the poets of this age. So to place him is a disgrace A tablet which will not contain a quatrain — written in the smallest writing Will surely not contain a long ode — written in large text ”
The following verses are the production of the Maulana’s almost magical genius —
“ Distracted with love the hair of thy head is dishevelled, May I become a sacrifice for thy head, for thou hast traffic with lovers ”
“A hair has fallen from my love’s locks across her cheek, Or is it perchance the thread of my soul lying across the fire ? ”
“Better that I should be buried in the earth than that, for the sake of base desires, I should walk the earth to seek favours from worldlings ”