Muntakhab al-tawarikh 70: Ghazal.

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How wondrous graceful is my loved one’s form, I yield myself a slave to that figure and carriage; My loved one would not look towards me with compassion, Perhaps she displayed an inclination towards strangers. Kadiri! go towards the wineshop And pledge thy head and turban for wine.
Though I remained my whole life-long there at the head of thy street, I swear by my life, that I never enjoyed a moment’s peace; Wherever I bowed my head with the intention of obeisance Thou wert there the Ka'bah towards which I turned. A whole world was admitted to intimacy, and yet I remained forlorn, 'All were accepted there but I was rejected; Why do you ask Nadiri, what is thy condition in that road, At one time I am unhappy, at another I was happy there.
He also wrote this Qasidah in honour of the deceased Emperor.