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The Bābur-nāma in English (Memoirs of Bābur)

Note 1151 — SECTION II. KĀBUL666 (continued 2)

Annette Susannah Beveridge translation

One of his couplets on good and bad fortune is striking; “The fortune of men is like a sand-glass; one hour up, the next down.” See D’Herbélot in his article (Erskine).

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