[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Dark Ages](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages) › [General histories](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general) › [Muntakhab al-tawārīkh](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh) › [Muntakhabu-t-tawarikh (Ranking, Lowe, Haig)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig) › 71.10 # Muntakhab al-tawarikh 71.10 Muntakhabu-t-tawārīkh (Ranking, Lowe, Haig) 71.10 - **Language:** English ### [71.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.71.10) The following opening couplet which he wrote for his threnody on the death of the saintly martyred Imam, accepted of God, murdered by man, offspring of the Prophet, by descent from the pure Fatimah, upon them be peace, is read during the ‘Asura, in the assemblies for the commemoration of the death of Husain. Verse. The month of Muharram has come and our eyes are constrained to weep, We let fall tears of blood at the thought of Husain’s parched lips. Thou art he whom in envy they call the sun and moon, Thy troops, both horse and foot, they call the moonfaced ones. Thou art worthy of this with this grace and beauty of thine, That all the kings of the age should call thee sovereign lord. The following is also by him:— My heart, thou hast no friend to compare with sorrow for him, Thou hast no comfort in life like sympathy for him. And this:— Every moment my heart’s desire has some fresh allurement, To bear her coquetry costs my life, what of that? it is her life. How can I liken the lips of my love to the bud of the rose, The bud is tightly pursed, it is true, but is dumb and silent. - [Previous: 71.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.71.9) - [Next: 71.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.71.11) - [Up: 71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.71) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.71.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.71.10) · Pramāṇa