Muntakhab al-tawarikh 307: XCVIII. GHAIRATĪ OF SHĪRĀZ.

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He spent some time in India and returned to Shīrāz. The following verses are some of his:—
“I would not consent to the slaying of others, for I know That death has taken the bitterness of death from the dagger of my executioner.”
“Devotee, the knot in the string of thy rosary cannot be loosed without sincerity, Go, and for a time convert thy rosary into the sacred thread of the fire-worshippers.”
“A pleasant country is the street of love, For there all the malice of the heavens is changed to kindness.”
“I am slain by the dagger of that slayer who so shed my blood That not one drop of it fell on the ground.”