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1904.] Bilgrami— Quatrains of Baba Tahir. 
so that whoever has suffered more grief will certainly weigh heavier 
than the rest. 
13. 
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1 . Come, 0 Ye burnt-in-heart, that we may lament, 
2. Let us groan (or lament) over the absence of that lovely rose ; 
3. Let us go to the rose-garden with the ecstatic nightingale, 
4. And if she lament not, let us lament. 
14. ' * 
1 . I was (like) a falcon and T went to chase (my prey), 
2. When a black-eyed one struck an arrow on my wing (pierced 
my wing). 
3. Go, but graze not heedlessly on the mountains ; 
4. He who grazes heedlessly, gets struck with an arrow unawares, 
means “ black-eyed,” but never “ evil-eyed,” which is 
shur cashm. 
In the 4th line, the word Jilp is used in two different senses, the 
first lLIp means “ careless, ” “ heedless,” the second “ unawares,” synony. 
mous with Black-eyes are admired by the Orientals, hence the 
application of or kuhl- Sulphide of antimony—to make them look 
black. means one with a black-eye, i,e. t a beauty. 
to be struck with an arrow. 
16. 
1. ’Tis through the mischief working of the heaven’s revolution, 
2. That the eye of my wound is always full of brine (salt). 
3. If the smoke of my sighs soars to heaven, 
4. The flood of my tears runs down to Samak. 
the eye of the wound, means the opening. When salt is 
sprinkled on a wound it causes smarting and irritation. Observe the 
play upon the words and ; jj£ means saltish, as well as mutiny, 
rebellion', 1 a brawl from to rebel, to mutiny. The translator has 
taken to mean “wounded eye” where the word is used 
adjectively, but that is not correct. f A) means the eye or the open¬ 
ing: of the wound, the Kasra being for izafat or the possessive, and 
not for Sifat, adjective. The similarity between the shape of a wound 
or incision and the eye, will not escape the student’s detecting eye. 
17. 
1 . O Lord! so afflicted am I by this heart, 
2 . Night and day I am in torment through this heart. 
