Muntakhab al-tawarikh 68: Qit‘ah.

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Oh our Shaikh! may there come to thee from God gifts without ceasing, What am I that I should say “Al mushtarak”? Thou sayest “Tanha khushtarah” as thou didst say before Make it “Mushtarak” if thou dost not say “Tanha khushtarah”
Verse.
Grief has seized me by the sleeve, why should I hide my head in my sleeve? Desire has grasped my skirt, why should I withdraw my foot within my skirt? Ah! my sleeve in desire for thee and my skirt also are torn to rags, Why should I hide my head in my sleeve and withdraw my foot within my skirt without thee?
He wrote a tarikh dealing with the circumstances of the conquest of Hindustan, and explaining its wonders, in which he did full justice to the claims of erudition.
His death occurred near Chunar in the year 940 H. and he was buried within the precincts of a college which he himself had founded.
Another (poet) was Maulana Nadimi-i-Samarqandi, who was one of the wonders of the age, of excellent qualities, and a compendium of perfection. He had a strong attachment for a beautiful youth named Nawardi, and the following well-known solution of an enigmatical meaning, was composed for him:
Verse.
I the broken-hearted tell the praises of Nizami the famous, For my heart, when absent from him, lies disordered and enfeebled.