[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) › 71.8 # Muntakhab al-tawarikh 71.8 Muntakhabu-t-tawārīkh (Ranking, Lowe, Haig) 71.8 - **Language:** English ### [71.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.71.8) Verse. Last night the moon of the ‘Id appeared in the form of a misqal Because from the vapours of fasting the mirror of the heart was clouded. Was this the new moon? or by reason of the leanness of their bodies. Did the bone of the rib of the thirsty-lipped fast-enduring ones appear? Or was it that they had fashioned a saddle for the camel of Laila? Or was it the bowed body of Majnun who had become pale and wan through grief? The very heaven wishes to enrol itself among thy servants, And for that reason has bent the bow in order to string it: Moreover thy messenger has bound on his bells, and has placed the feather of distinction on his head, He is going from Rum to bear tidings from Zanzibar. It must be borne in mind that this verse Khwesh ra dar silk i khuddami tu mikhadhad falak (The very heaven wishes to enrol itself among your servants) he has taken from a couplet of the qasidah of Nizam Astarabadi, which runs thus:— Shab anjum az majma' i mardum nishan awarda and Waz mah i nau taza harfe darmiyan awarda and At night the stars have appeared like an assembly of men And have brought into their midst a new idea in the shape of the new moon, The Shah of Zangbar has taken his seat upon the throne of Empire And the stars have brought the bow as an offering to him. - [Previous: 71.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.71.7) - [Next: 71.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.71.9) - [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.71.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.71.8) · Pramāṇa