Muntakhab al-tawarikh 329: CXVI. KALAMI.

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He is of Chagatai descent and was for a long time in Sind. He used to be constantly arguing and wrangling with Mulla Niyazi. He came from Bakar, and was for some time in Agra. He writes poetry after the style of the men of Transoxiana. The following verses are his:—
“I attempted to close the road against my tears by thinking on thy ringlets, But water is not to be bound with a chain! Thy face is the fountain of love, and drops of sweat Like bubbles appear everywhere on it. Look on the bud of my bleeding heart and see How it has been cleft once and again by my love’s sword, and is smiling.”
“Sit for a moment, of thy grace, in the eyes of Kalami, For there is to be found a purified corner, and water will be in thy sight.”