THE AMANNENSIS OF MULLAH ZAIGHUM
From the Note Book of MuIlah Zada Zaightttu Lolabi of Kashmir

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A sign of live nation this is the ‘Age’,¹
From morn to eve changes their fortune’s page.

A model of virtues and courtesies call,²
The nature forgives their sins and faults all.

With Alec’s grandeur, and remits prude,³
The nations in world are swords-but-nude.

From this Ego gets his grandeur a glaze,
As this is the book, the rest a new phrase.⁴

I cannot deny the pageant of Eids,
But "God is Great" call, of free man He heeds.

A sage may not. know my wails hidden sign.
Thus yonder to wits are the mad men’s lines.

1. The Age; here it means the World.
2. As they are very courteous.
3. Prude prudeness or saucy style of a hermit
4. A new phrase; here it means a paraphrase, an exegesis, a commentary.