“The lip, in the ruby lips of heart-ravishes delighting,
And to ruffle the dishevelled tresses essaying,
To-day is delightful, but to-morrow it is not—
To make one's self like as straw, fuel for the fire.”

— Minhaj-i-Siraj

Tabaqat-i Nasiri, p. 21
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