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Muntakhab al-tawarikh 49.4.3

Muntakhabu-t-tawārīkh (Ranking, Lowe, Haig) 49.4.3

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49.4.3

The crow is devoid of any such honourable vestments, wearing as it does a black blanket.
You would say that the narcissus has produced a transcript of these people (umam) who sleep below the dust Look! it has for each alif two nuns.
The sumbul and narcissus are copies of the locks and eyes of the fair ones,
Of these two, one falls prostrate stricken with blackness, the other comes intoxicated (with love).
Tho water-lily has blossomed by the blast of the breeze of the garden.
In truth, he who has a resigned heart rejoices even when misfortune befalls him.
You would say that And in truth after Qazi Zahir no poet arose in Hindustan whose poetry repaid the trouble of reading. After the death of Sultan Mahmud the great Amirs of Hindustan as for instance Mubariz Khan and Malik Idris who was the ruler of Rohtak, quarrelled with Khizr Khan and were disposed to make common cause with Daulat Khan, Khizr Khan accordingly stood fast in Fathpur and made no expeditions to any country.