The Memoirs of Bābur 925.1.7
The Bābur-nāma in English (A. S. Beveridge) 925.1.7
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925.1.7
Not such the pact and bargain betwixt my friend and me, At length the tooth of parting, unpacted grief for me! Against caprice of Fortune, what weapons (_chāra_) arm the man? At length by force of arms (_ba jaur_) my friend is snatched from me! (_Jan. 19th_) On Wednesday the 17th of Muḥarram, Sl. `Alā'u'd-dīn of Sawād, the rival (_mu`āriẓ_) of Sl. Wais of Sawād,[1373] came and waited on me. (_Jan. 20th_) On Thursday the 18th of the month, we hunted the hill between Bajaur and Chandāwal.[1374] There the _būghū-marāl_[1375] have become quite black, except for the tail which is of another colour; lower down, in Hindūstān, they seem to become black all over.[1376] Today a _sārīq-qūsh_[1377] was taken; that was black all over, its very eyes being black! Today an eagle (_būrkūt_)[1378] took a deer (_kīyīk_).