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Bilgrami —Quatrains of Baba Taliir. 
47. 
[No. 1. 
1. Art thou a lion or a leopard, 0 Heart, 0 Heart ? 
2. That thou warrest ever with me, 0 Heart, 0 Heart ? 
3. Shouldst thou fall into my hands, I’ll spill thy blood, 
4. To see of what colour thou art, 0 Heart, 0 Heart. 
In the 3rd line ^ feti is the contraction as well as the dialectal 
form of ufti and not of ; it is the subjunctive of 
The 4th line is not correctly rendered, means “ of what 
colour thou art, ” and alludes to the heart and not to the blood ; the ex¬ 
pression means “ of what material thou art made.” 
In the 3rd line and are both correct; but in the 4th line, 
I would use y as it is not elegant to bring two jlj vans together, as in 
} • L S^J = 
48. 
1. 0, my Beauty ! thou hast my heart and soul, 
2. Thou hast all my apparent and hidden effects ; 
3. I know not from whom I have this grief (pain) ; 
4. I only know that thou boldest the remedy. 
The 2nd line will not scan correctly with and i s right, 
and so I have substituted the correct word . 
49. 
1. Shouldst thou come, I will welcome thee with my soul, 
2. Shouldst thou not come, I will burn from thy separation. 
3. Whatever sorrows thou hast, lay them on my heart, 
4. Whether I die of them, or be consumed by them, or bear them. 
From the note on page 82, on line 1, it appears that the translator has 
taken the word oolsr? to mean £ and translates it “ by thy life,” 
whereas oilaH means \y “ with my soul (welcome) thee,” the ci» 
being in the accusative. Then again in the note on the 3rd line he 
says, “ i.e., the pains thou canst inflict; ” but this is not what the poet 
means. The poet says, if you have any grief or sorrow, lay it on my heart, 
and care not whether I die of it, or be consumed by it, or bear up with 
it, i.e., I will gladly bear all thy grief and sorrow and leave thee happy 
and free from every care. 
50. 
1. The tulips of the hill-side last only a week, 
2. The violets on the river brink last only a week ; 
3. I will proclaim from town to town, 
4. That the fidelity of the rosy-cheeked lasts only a week. 
