Vol. VII, No. 10.] Ruba‘iyat of Abu Sa‘id ibn Abu’l Khayr. 643 
[NV.8.] 
1. 2 ( BL oe Wty At} a* ete eet ) which gives a better 
“grag fies is difficult to suggest who the real author of this 
Ruba‘i 
It is a pie te known fact that when a poet composes a good 
piece, there arises a sng of imitators. There are really more 
imitators, in Persian, than original composers. Some of the 
imitations areso idee, that it becomes difficult to say whether 
the particular verse is the original or an imitation. 
‘Imadi-i-Shahryari’s verses (died about 582 .H.) not ted 
below is apparently in imitation of Ruba‘i No. 358 of the text 
and is indeed a beautiful imitation. 
we hin owas yr? tor Sle oe a—iwT Sle wr} was y skys 
way! 21 &>  Body2 3! Sls dpe G gt e—2S5s) wly—birve le 
Cj. Khayyam’s Ruba‘i noted below with No. 282 of the 
text. The imitation is so close, that it cannot be definitely 
stated if it is an imitation or the same stanza with varia- 
tions. 
DISUSE yg 03g 9m tp eee? = al—H yy 6 0 GS 5 wed 
DLAs} p90 599 2 F Coe S56 — odjlag? L-—Barg 9g ay py—lae 
Taju’d-Din Isma‘il Bakharzi’s Quatrain quoted by ‘Aufl 
in the Lubabu’-l-Albab is the same as No. 375 of the text, 
the only variation being in the first line 
Ppt oye We je F omy 
Amir Fakhru’d-Din Mas‘iid Kirmani’s Ruba‘i on the same 
strain is as under— 
HF ol BoE wy Joyo iss AF oh wl wt oy ol 
TP eT Pe oS otee pecan ist cesta | 
Shihabu ‘d-Din Adib-i-Sabir’ s Ruba‘i (d. 540 a.H.) 
quoted below with No. 311 of the text— 
La? aS lami ge Soe 5 loka cape & wily yo Bho j) lots 
mye a ili Kig_ fm as sit oppo af wSzs Say lode 
agree pommlan eps s Quatrain is too close an imita- 
tion to Quatrain No. 306 of the text, and is not very interest- 
ing. 
pat Bat ilps g cplite gi yay yy 5) cslarm j snk of 29 os! 
