Muntakhab al-tawarikh 66.2.10

66.2.10

While again, if the hasho of the two first couplets are written in red ink, the following opening couplet results, which may be read in three different metres. Rukh-i-tu lala o nasrin Khatt-i-tu sabza o raihan Lab-i-tu ghuncha-i-rangin qadd-i-tu fitna-i-daman. And if they be read in reversed order a couplet is formed which may also be referred to three several metres, and with a change of qafiyah and radif in the following manner:— Khatt-i-tu sabza o raihan, rukh-i-tu lala o nasrin Qadd-i-tu fitna-i-daman, lab-i-tu ghuncha-i-rangin And from that which remains in black letters, a distinct opening couplet remained. Other tours de force also existed in this opening couplet, which are explained in the marginal notes to the work. (ii) Ramal-i-musamman makhbun, and the scansion is (iii) Hazaj-i-musamman maqbuz and the scansion is And from the four couplets of a qasidah some of the words of which are written in red ink, the following qit'ah containing the conquest of Badakhshan may be obtained, and the qit'ah also has a hidden meaning, the explanation of which is obtained from certain verses extracted from these two qasidahs.