CI. FAHMĪ OF SAMARQAND.*

He is the son of Nādirī of Samarqand. He was a jovial man, and expert at composing enigmas. He came to India and then returned again to his own country. The following verses are his:

“Since the tavern-keeper* described to me the properties
of wine,
My repentance of my repentance passes description.”

“When I saw her dark hair forming a garment round her
body
295 I believed it to be the garment of the holy pilgrimage and
wound it round myself.”