Note 2836 — [APPENDICES TO THE HINDŪSTĀN SECTION.]
Annette Susannah Beveridge translation
I quote from the Véliaminof-Zernov edition (p. 287) from which de Courteille’s plan of work involved extract only; he translates the couplet, giving to khat̤t̤ the double-meanings of script and down of youth (Dictionnaire Turque s.n. sīghnāqī). The Sanglākh (p. 252) s.n. sīghnāq has the following as Bābur’s:—
Chū balai khat̤t̤ī naṣīb’ng būlmāsa Bābur nī tang? Bare khat̤t̤ almanṣūr khat̤t̤ sighnāqī mū dūr?