The Memoirs of Bābur 910.10.1

910.10.1

The Prayer of the `Id was made on the bank of the Gūmāl. That year New-year's Day[906] fell close to the `Id-i-fitr, there being only a few days between; on their approximation I composed the following (Turkī) ode:— Glad is the Bairām-moon for him who sees both the face of the Moon and the Moon-face of his friend; Sad is the Bairām-moon for me, far away from thy face and from thee.[907] O Bābur! dream of your luck when your Feast is the meeting, your New-year the face; For better than that could not be with a hundred New-years and Bairāms.