Volume 2

A literary history of Persia / by Edward G. Browne.

  • Edward Granville Browne
Date:
1928
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: A literary history of Persia / by Edward G. Browne. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    In chap, iii of the Gulistan this verse occurs3 with the following modification of the first hemistich :— “ Shab har tuwangari bi-sard’t hami ravad “At mglit every rich yuan goes to a house!’ Again, on p. 99 of the Baddy? occurs the hemistich :— “ Banda chi da‘wa kunad ? Hukm khuddwand-rdst ! ” “What objection can a servant raise? It is for the master to command 1 ” This, also with the addition of a new hemistich to match it, likewise occurs in chap, i of the Gulistan, in the story of 4 Amr ibn Layth and his slave. The other verses in the Diwdn which also occur in the Gulistan are the following. Two couplets from the ghazal on p. 100 beginning :—- Muallim-at hama shukhi u dilbari amukht; Jafd u naz u ‘itdb u sitamgari amukht. “Thy master taught thee all [the arts of] coquetry and heart¬ stealing ; He taught thee cruelty, coyness, recrimination and tyranny.’' The couplet (on p. 115 of the Baddy?) :— (Ajab az kuslita na-bdshad bi-dar-i-khayma-i-Dust: 1Ajab az zinda, ki chun jan bi-dar award salim ! ” “There is no wonder at him who is slain at the door of the Beloved’s tent: The wonder is at the survivor, in what way he saved his soul alive.” The couplet (on p. 144 ot the Khawatim) - Diddr mi-numai, u parliiz mi-kuni : Bdzar-i-khwish u atash-i-ma tiz mi-kuni. “Thou showest thy face and withdrawest : Thou makest brisk thine own market and the fire which consumes us.”