"The lady, on hearing this melody, like the nightingale, having expanded the wings of curiosity in search of this flower of the garden of beauty, drew the veil of purity from the face of her condition, and deviating from the centre of innocence, ran heedless into the four quarters of guilt. In order to attain the means of gratifying her wishes, she requested help from the favourite attendants on the carpet of her confidence. As this affair, on account of the negligence of agents, did not receive speedy conclusion, and the season of desire was extended to intolerable length, the fire of love (having blazed from the grate of her heart,) charmed her, like the moth, into the flame of impatience."
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Bahar-i-Danish (1651) ch. 9, story 4 (tr. Jonathan Scott, i, 1799)
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Shaikh Inayat Allah Kamboh
1608 – 1671
Shaikh Inayat-Allah Kamboh (1608–1671) was a Punjabi Muslim scholar, writer and historian during the Mughal era. He is most famous for his collection of tales entitled Bahar-i-Danish ('Spring of Knowledge'), completed in 1651 AD, which became one of the most popular textbooks of Persian.
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