Muntakhab al-tawarikh 283: LXIX. Shu‘ūr of Torbat.

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He is a student and practises bookkeeping. The following verses are by him —
“ O thou who, for fear of being separated from thy love, art in the agony of death, I give thee good news, for she, whose breath is like that of Masīḥ, is coming, nay, is come.
“The desire of seeing thee brings me, each moment, from my house; “Desire has seized me by the collar, and draws me to thee His death occurred at Agra in the year h. 973 (a.d. 1565-66) or h. 972, (a.d. 1564-65) and the words "Sabahi the wine-bibber" give the date of it.