6 Bilgrami— Quatrains of Baba Tahir. [No. 1. 
money, but it is not applicable here. It also means a place where money 
is kept, a treasury. 
10 . 
1. A garden the branches of whose trees hang out, 
2. Its gardener is ever in bitter grief (always lias a bleeding heart). 
3. It (the tree) should be plucked out root and all, 
4. Even though its fruit be rubies and pearls. 
I cannot understand why “ the intention of this quatrain com¬ 
pletely baffles Mr. Heron-Allen.” The meaning is very clear. The 
author means that when a garden contains a tree whose branches reach 
out of the garden, f.e., are beyond the vigilance of the gardener, the 
gardener hns always a bleeding heart for this very reason. This alludes 
to the beloved one who constantly goes out; the lover wants her all 
to himself, and cannot bear to see her lavishing her charms upon others* 
Hence the jealousy, and the suggestion to pluck her out (by the root) 
entirely from his heart, though she be the loveliest. Instances of such 
expressions of jealousy are constantly found in oriental poetry. 
11 . 
1 . 0 heart, thy path is clear of brambles and thorns, 
2. Thy passage (journey) is on the heights of heaven. 
3. And if thou canst, thy skin from thy body 
4. Cast off, so that thy load may become light. 
The word ^ in the 1st and 2nd lines but in the 4th 
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line it is equal to dyfy “ may become.” 
In the 1st line read “ without, ” “clear of,” instead of “full 
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of.” I do not find any obscurity in the meaning of this Quatrain; the 
translator’s remark is incomprehensible, where he says “ the meaning is 
exceedingly obscure.” The poet addressiug his heart says, “ thy path is 
clear of thorns and brambles, and thy road leads to the heavens; in 
attempting that flight if thou art able to cast off* thy skin do so, so that 
thy burden become lightened and thy progress be still further acce¬ 
lerated.” 
12 . 
1. Come, let us, the burnt in heart, gather round, 
2 . Converse together and exhibit our griefs 
3. Let us bring scales and weigh our woes, 
4. Whichsoever of us is more burnt, will weigh the heavier. 
I have read the 2nd line in the way it is given in my corrected 
text, as instead of The poet calls the woe-stricken 
together to converse and exhibit their woes, and to weigh their griefs, 
