R.—CHANDĪRĪ AND GŪĀLĪĀR.
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Babur, Emperor of Hindustan and Beveridge, Annette Susannah
Chandānki’z muẕẖ dahāt dilam shād shavad
Shadīm az ānki lat̤if az ḥadd besh ast.
He then called on those who had a turn for verse to “speak one” i.e. to improvise on his own; it was done as follows:—
Dārīm agarcha shaghal-i-shāhī dar pesh,
Har laḥz̤a kunīm yād-i-darweshān besh;
Gar shād shavad’z mā dil-i-yak darwesh,
Ānra shumarīm ḥaṣil-i-shāhī khwesh.