Editorial note — The Twelfth New Year’s Feast after my auspicious accession.
Alexander Rogers translation
The point of this couplet is that before Nūr-Jahān entered Jahāngīr’s harem she was the wife of S͟hīr-afgan, the tiger-slayer. The line may also read “In battle she is a man-smiter and a tiger-slayer.” ↑