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f\•' AHI'S verses, " are crude," says Bada'uni, "and his ideas all stolen from others, yet they are written in a connected style and in this respect Kahi had no equal.
"1 He then gives the opening couplets of two lyrics, " composed and set to music by Kahi, which have become known throughout the world and are sung in all assemblies enlivening alike the banquets of kings and the gatherings of mystics.
To make them resemble my rose-faced cypress, the gardener decorates the (View the image of this page) Because of separation from her, Kahi who has lost his heart and is left with his sighs and groans is (as it were) a plaintive nightingale debarred from the garden and spring.
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(View the image of this page) I said to her: "I seek true love from thee.
" When thou art aw~y many pearls drop from my eyes: when moonless is the night, (View the image of this page) '54"...
(View the image of this page) The world hath no basis, 0 cup-bearer, pass the bowl round to Kahi-to the straw drifting on the wind like a thing without basis.
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