CLXV. VAFĀ‘Ī OF IṢFAHĀN.*

He was for some time in Kashmir, and then come to Lāhor and was with Zain Khān Kūka.* The following verses are his:—

“Knock at the door of the heart in the middle of the night,
for when the day appears
All other doors are opened, but this door is shut.”

“The real dearth of fidelity is this, that the lovely ones of this
age.
Set out the well-spread table and then drink the heart's
blood of the guest.”