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1904.] Bilgrami— Quatrains of Baba Tahir. 
to suit their own sweet will. In the 1st line should be substi¬ 
tuted for similarly for ojjjjyA in the 2nd line. In the 
3rd line, the first is and the second word is a wound. Since 
or «>; 4 *wf = “he counted ” is the third person singular, the i n 
the words {J»)\y*> and alludes to the same person. The poet 
says that though he (his beloved) counted more than thousands of 
scars, from his wounds, oH) j still the uncounted exceed those that 
have been counted. The last word in the 1st, 2nd, and the 4th lines 
should be (jAy vishan , and not or vishan is the plural of 
If will be observed that the metre has in no way been affected. 
36. 
1. Do not twist thy dishevelled hyacinths ( i.e ., hair), 
2. Do not fill thy drunken narcissi (i.e., the eyes) with tears; 
3. If thou art bent on cutting off thy love from me, 
4. Time will cut it off, do not hasten on. 
Instead of in the 2nd line jfy would be better, and this reading 
I have adopted, because it is not necessary to make the beloved shed tears 
of blood, the mere filling up of the eyes with tears being sufficient. The 
first is to be pronounced varini, and the second vorini, and similar- 
ly vorina in the 4th line. The first is the Raji form of and 
the second is derived from v&ijj voridan, to cut, sever = Persian 
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37. 
1. 0, strong-hearted one ! thy heart does not burn for me ; 
2. It would not be strange if stone does not burn ; 
3. But I will burn till I burn thy heart, 
4. For green wood does not burn alone in the fire. 
In the 1st line means “ to take pity, ” but in the 3rd line 
I \) means that “ I will make your heart burn, ” i.e., “make you 
feel.” There is a proverb jy “ green and dry wood 
burn together.” This is made use of to express that in a general con¬ 
flagration everything is consumed. The poet here alludes to this and 
says that he will burn 'himself and so inflame or consume the heart of 
the beloved also. The 2nd line may also be translated as: “What won¬ 
der if stone (i.e., thy heart) does not burn.” 
38. 
1. My heart is distraught through thy love, 
2. And when I strike my eyelashes together, a torrent arises ; 
