1904.] Bilgrami —Quatrains of Bala Tahir. 5 
3. (When) all drive me away from their door, I come to Thee. 
4. If Thon turn me away from Thy door to whom shall I go ? 
In the text, the 3rd line begins with ham, but it should be 
hamam, otherwise the metre will be injured. It will be observed ~ here 
that the word jJ and in respectively mean “to,” “toward,” 
and fyi* “to go,” which has been alluded to in the note on Quatrain 
No. 5. 
7. 
1. If Thou killest us miserably, whom fearest Thou ? 
2. And if Thou drivest (us) with despair whom fearest Thou ? 
3. I, with this half a heart fear none. 
4. Thou (who) possessest a heart as large as the two worlds whom 
fearest Thou ? 
In the 4th line j£> or even Ji> translated into English 
would mean “ a world of hearts ” or “ a world full of hearts.” In the 
2 nd line gar is better than jt ar , since there is no necessity for 
using this form. 
8 . 
1. If we are the drunkard of drunkards, we are Thine. 
2. And if we are helpless, we are Thine (we belong to Thee). 
3. Whether we be Guebres, Christians or Muslims, 
4. In whatsoever religion we be, we belong to Thee. 
The words mastan-i-masb is similar to the form - 
i.e., drunkard of drunkards, or arch-drunkard or arch-tippler. 
The word Jf is another plural form of and is not 
the dialectal form of cjUj| faith, which is an Arabic word. The poet 
means that whatever we are, drunkards or indigent and helpless, we 
belong to Thee. This word has been misunderstood, hence the 
error. Observe that the grammatical construction also becomes faulty, 
by adopting the translator’s reading. 
9. 
1 . He who has suffered grief knows the tune of lamentation, 
2. (Just as) the crucible knows (detects) the value of pure gold. 
3. Come ye heart-burnt that we may lament together, 
4. For the heart-burnt knows the worth of the heart-burnt. 
The word biita means a crucible, as has rightly been translated ; 
but in the translator’s remark regarding the elimination of the £ in 
a'i^t AJjj fy** it should be observed that in no £ has been eliminat¬ 
ed ; in and it has. The word puta, means a bag of 
