The Memoirs of Bābur 926.1.3

926.1.3

(_Jan. 6th_) On Saturday (15th), we passed through the Darūta narrows by raft, got off a little above Jahān-namā'ī (Jalālābād) and went to the Bāgh-i-wafā in front of Adīnapūr. When we were leaving the raft the governor of Nīngnahār Qayyām Aūrdū Shāh came and did obeisance. Langar Khān _Nīā-zāī_,—he had [Sidenote: Fol. 249b.] been in Nīl-āb for a time,—waited upon me on the road. We dismounted in the Bāgh-i-wafā; its oranges had yellowed beautifully; its spring-bloom was well-advanced, and it was very charming. We stayed in it five or six days. As it was my wish and inclination (_jū dagh-dagha_)to return to obedience (_tā'ib_) in my 40th year, I was drinking to excess now that less than a year was left. (_Jan. 7th_) On Sunday the 16th, having made my morning (_ṣubūḥī_) and became sober. Mullā Yārak played an air he had composed in five-time and in the five-line measure (_makhammas_), while I chose to eat a confection (_ma'jūn_). He had composed an excellent air. I had not occupied myself with such things for some time; a wish to compose came over me now, so I composed an air in four-time, as will be mentioned in time.[1533]