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VI. 

 The first specimen of Hindi, that occurs to me, is a little Ghazal, or 

 lore-song, in a Choriambick measure, written by Gunha' Bei- 

 glm, the wire of Gha'zil'ld/n Kha'n, a man of consummate 

 abilities and consummate wickedness, who has*borne an active 

 part in the modern transactions of Upper Hindustan. 



Muddail hemse sokhan saz hi sahUi hal 

 ah tamenna co yehan muzhde'i mayuii hal 



ah ab casrati daghi ghemi khubdh si tcmjm 

 safha'i st'nah mcrajihuai tautl hal 



