His name was Mīr Muḥammad Sharīf. His brother was Mīr Qudsī of Karbalā, who wrote the following couplet:—

“Wonder not if I know not the taste of gladness,
I, Qudsī, have never known gladness in my life.”

Navā'ī came to India and at once entered the service of the emperor. He has recently died. The following verses are by him:—

“I am sitting in a corner, grieving over thy faithlessness
And resigning myself to the hardship of separation from
thee.
For all thy wrath I will not move from my place.
What shall I do?
For I have no confidence in thy familiarity.
Thou art not, in the way of kindliness and fidelity that
candle
At the light of which the eyes light up with joy.”

“I reached no place, I traversed no road,
But thou didst traverse my heart and reach my heart.”

“Sit down with friendly glances, and rise not up in wrath,
³⁷⁷ Thou camest late to inquire for me, rise not soon to go.”