[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) › [Later Mughals (1707–1857)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.later) › [Siyar al-mutaʾakhkhirīn](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.later.siyar-al-mutaakhkhirin) › [A Translation of the Seir Mutaqherin (Haji Mustafa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.later.siyar-al-mutaakhkhirin~en-mustafa) › 39 # Siyar al-mutaʾakhkhirin 39: VERSES FROM SHEH BEHAHI. A Translation of the Seir Mutaqherin (Haji Mustafa) 39 - **Language:** English ### [39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.later.siyar-al-mutaakhkhirin~en-mustafa.39) "A moral sentence, pronounced in a place of debauch, "Has the full effect of incense burned—against bad air and a malignant eye— "That virtuous man's manner was not like that of the puffed ones of this age. "Amongst so many beauteous ones, I am in love with thy particular air; "I am mad with it; else, there is plenty of beauty elsewhere. "To make a parade of one's learning, he thought to be a very vile action, "And thought that an excellence that produces only pride and vanity, amounts to a satire upon the owner." - [Previous: 38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.later.siyar-al-mutaakhkhirin~en-mustafa.38) - [Next: 40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.later.siyar-al-mutaakhkhirin~en-mustafa.40) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.later.siyar-al-mutaakhkhirin~en-mustafa.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.later.siyar-al-mutaakhkhirin~en-mustafa.39) · Pramāṇa