[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Dark Ages](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages) › [Mughals (1526–1857)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal) › [Bābur (1526–1530)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur) › [Bāburnāma](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama) › [The Babur-nama in English (A. S. Beveridge)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge) › 932.1.5 # The Memoirs of Bābur 932.1.5 The Bābur-nāma in English (A. S. Beveridge) 932.1.5 - **Language:** English ### [932.1.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge.932.1.5) (\_Turkī\_) What is it I do with thee, ah! my tongue? My entrails bleed as a reckoning for thee. Good once\[1587\] as thy words were, has followed this verse Jesting, empty,\[1588\] obscene, has followed a lie. If thou say, "Burn will I not!" by keeping this vow Thou turnest thy rein from this field of strife.\[1589\] "O Lord! we have dealt unjustly with our own souls; if Thou forgive us not, and be not merciful unto us, we shall surely be of those that perish"\[1590\] (\_Qorān\_ cap. 7 v. 22). Taking anew the place of the penitent pleading for pardon, I gave my mind rest\[1591\] from such empty thinking and such unlawful occupation. I broke my pen. Made by that Court, such reproof of sinful slaves is for their felicity; happy are the highest and the slave when such reproof brings warning and its profitable fruit. (\_c. Narrative resumed.\_) (\_Dec. 8th continued\_) Marching on that evening, we dismounted at \`Alī-masjid. The ground here being very confined, I always \[Sidenote: Fol. 253b.\] used to dismount on a rise overlooking the camp in the valley-bottom.\[1592\] The camp-fires made a wonderful illumination there at night; assuredly it was because of this that there had always been drinking there, and was so now. - [Previous: 932.1.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge.932.1.4) - [Next: 932.1.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge.932.1.6) - [Up: 932.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge.932.1) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge.932.1.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge.932.1.5) · Pramāṇa