He has been mentioned in the historical record of the reign. He was a man of cheerful disposition and had good taste in poetry. I reproduce these few couplets of his:—

“My soul, to keep company with strangers is not good,
It is not good to associate with every beloved one and to
leave one friendless.
It is pleasant sometimes to torment a lover, but kindness
is also pleasant sometimes,
To sit ever on the throne of scorn is not good.
Sit in the corner of separation, happy in the hope of
re-union.
To despair of the good fortune of seeing* the beloved one
again is not good.”

“Beloved, I have been alone, and separated from thee.
I have been, for a purpose, a prisoner in the bonds of
separation.
In every place have I read the story of thy love so often
That on this account I am become a by-word in the
world.”

“My heart suffers grief of a thousand descriptions on her
account,
If my grief kills me not what other boon shall I obtain
from her?