XVII. ULFATI OF ‘IRĀQ.

He was for some time in Kashmīr with Mīrzā Yūsuf Khāu,* and there he composed a poem on the people of the city in which he dwelt.* The following couplet occurs in it:—

“Sarmadī* is the squirrel of the tree of the poets,
He loves the stature of Orion and the feelers of the Crab.”

On a youth who was beloved by Mīrzā Yūsuf Khān he wrote the following couplet:—

“Mīrzā Yūsuf, the prince of the age, is in love.
He loves thy pure love, but he loves the beauty of others.”