1874.] AJchar's Tomh at Sihandral, 217 



26. Fate Is spiteful, do not love it ; for love is wasted on the spiteful. 



27. The world is like the wave you see in a mirage : it can never satisfy the thirsty 

 heart. 



28. Fate has kept faith with no one, but breaks its promise at the time of need. 



29. No one remains for ever in this world, and no one has freed life from death's 

 gi'asp. 



30. How well said the eloquent sage [the poet Sa'di], in the jewel of whose wisdom 

 he* found a treasure, 



31. " The world, O brother, remains with no one : cling with thy soul to the Crea- 

 tor, and that is enough." 



32. But although the age through the justice of Shah A k b a r, the fortunate, 

 became like the highest paradise, 



33. And although the world was happy in his time, and earth and age yielded to his 

 rule, 



34. Unfeeling and word-breaking fate spitefully removed its love to him from its 

 heart. 



35. However, fate's want of love led him to eternal life. 



36. May his soul for ever rejoice in his Creator, may the world of holiness brighten 

 through him ! 



The wall surrounding the garden has four gates, but only the south gate 

 is kept open. To both sides of the latter is a Persian inscription in Tugh- 

 ra characters. Within the gate the following inscription is found (metre, 

 Muta^drib) — 



* — ^hj — ■'J ^^^^ ^'^6^^ — ' * 25Uj <^i-^jj^Jy\^^Ji^^jj 



1. During the rule of the illustrious king — may his kingdom never wane ! — 



2. The world was so adorned, that the thoughts of the wise were confounded. 



* Akbar, who liked Sa'di's Gulistan. Ain Translation, Vol. I, 103. 



