g6 ON THE ORTHOGRAPHY OF ASlATICK WORDS* 



hat meri 'taraft ygar khuni lira muddotse 

 at frinna cisci lujhe khwdhishi pdbusi hai 



dzva'zi derd meze se ivah there haih <dre 

 jis lebi zakhm ne shemsh'ri tiri chusi hai. 



tohmati ishk abas carle haih mujhper Minnat 

 hah y eh sech milne ci khuban se lu Luc khusi hai. 



The Tranflation. 



1. My beloved foe fpeaks of me with diffimulationj 

 and now the tidings of defpair are brought hither to 

 the defire of my foul. 



2. Alas ! that the fmooth fur face of my bofom, 

 throuph the marks of burning in the fad abfence of 

 lovely youths,is become like theplumageof a peacock. 



3. Like me, O Hinnd, (the fragrant and elegant 

 ihrub, with the leaves of which the nails of Arabian 

 women are dyed crimfon.) thy heart has long been full 

 of blood : whofe foot art thou delirous of kifhng? 



4. Inftead of pain, my beloved, every wound from 

 thy cimeter fucks with its lips the fweetnefs with which 

 it is filled. 



5. The fufpicion of love is vainly caft on Minnat— 

 Yes, true it is, that my nature rather leads me to the 

 company of beautiful youths. 



Thushave I explained, by obfervationsandexamples, 

 my method of noting in Roman letters, the principal 

 languages of Ana ; nor can I doubt that Armenian, 

 TurkiJJi) and the various dialects of Tartary, may be 

 exprtffed in the fame manner with equal advantage : 

 but, as Chinefe words are not written in alphabetical 

 characters, it is obvious that they muft be noted ac- 

 cording to the'beft pronunciation ufed in China ; which 

 has, I imagine, few founds incapable of being rendered 

 by the fymbols ufed in this effay. 



II. ASTRONOMICAL 



