Muntakhab al-tawarikh 287: LXXV. Sabrī of Sāwa.

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He was for some time in Gujarāt with Khwāja Nizām-ud-dīn Ahmad, and then came to Lahor and lived as a religious mendicant. When Shaikh Faizī was appointed to the Dakan he went with him, and thence journeyed to the next world. He has written a dīvān and in long and short odes was a master of style. The following couplets are by him:—
“I am debarred from traversing the road to the Ka‘bah, else would I have sent there The sole of a foot glad to endure the torment of collecting its acacia thorns.”
“My rose-seller who wishes to bring her roses to market Must first acquire strength to withstand the impetuous throng of buyers.”
“If thou wishest to burn me light up the fire of thy cheek, And so shall a light arise from my ashes till the day of resurrection.”