[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) › 282 # Muntakhab al-tawarikh 282: LXX. Mulla Sadiq Halwa'i of Samarqand. Muntakhabu-t-tawārīkh (Ranking, Lowe, Haig) 282 - **Language:** English ### [282](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.282) 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 ” - [Previous: 281](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.281) - [Next: 283](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.283) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.282](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.282) · Pramāṇa