The Memoirs of Bābur 935.4.2

935.4.2

"Again:—Live well with thy younger brother. Elders must bear the burden![2359] I have the hope that thou, for thy part, wilt keep on good terms with him; he, who has grown up an active and excellent youth, should not fail, for his part, in loyal duty to thee."[2360] "Again:—Words from thee are somewhat few; no person has [Sidenote: Fol. 349b.] come from thee for two or three years past; the man I sent to thee (Beg Muḥammad _ta`alluqchī_) came back in something over a year; is this not so?" "Again:—As for the "retirement", "retirement", spoken of in thy letters,—retirement is a fault for sovereignty; as the honoured (Sa`dī) says:—[2361] (_Persian_) If thy foot be fettered, choose to be resigned; If thou ride alone, take thou thine own head. "No bondage equals that of sovereignty; retirement matches not with rule."