Masud Sa'd Salman

Masud Sa'd Salman (1046—1121) was a Persian poet. Quotes I am fallen person in a thousand sorrowsIn each breath my life's looking in endwith no sin I am prisonerwith no reason fallen in troublestars have sworn to hurt methe sky has come to fight with metoday in pains I'm higher than the yesterdaythis year my soul's lesser than last yearI had many selected friendswhat has become no one's remainevery night the sky's made sadwith my painful sadness cryingsI fell in jail, why? I don't knowI just know: I'm not still nor wickedto much desires I had beforeoh alas! where is my lost desires گردوں بہ رنج و درد مارا کشتہ بود اگرپیوند و عمر من نہ شدے نظم جان فضائے Translation: Had this sky (fate) got me killed with grief and pain (in my imprisoned state)!This patch (of garment) of my life would not have yielded life giving poetry! “As power and the strength of a lion was bestowed upon Ibrahim by the Almighty, he made over to him the well-populated country of Hindustan and gave him 40,000 valiant horsemen to take the country, in which there were more than 1000 rais… Its length extends from Lahore to the Euphrates, and its breadth from Kashmir to the borders of Sistan… The army of the king destroyed at one time a thousand temples of idols, which had each been built for more than a thousand years. How can I describe the victories of the king…” Khwaja Mas'ud bin Sa'd bin Salman:Diwan-i-Salman in Elliot and Dowson, History of India as told by its own Historians, Vol. IV, pp. 518 ff. about Ibrahim of Ghazna “The narrative of thy battles eclipses the stories of Rustam and Isfandiyar. Thou didst bring an army in one night from Dhangan to Jalandhar… Thou didst direct but one assault and by that alone brought destruction upon the country. By the morning meal not one soldier, not one Brahman, remained unkilled or uncaptured. Their beads were severed by the carriers of swords. Their houses were levelled with the ground with flaming fire… Thou has secured victory to the country and to religion, for amongst the Hindus this achievement will be remembered till the day of resurrection.” Jalandhar (Punjab). Khwaja Mas'ud bin Sa'd bin Salman:Diwan-i-Salman in Elliot and Dowson, History of India as told by its own Historians, Vol. IV, pp. 518 ff.about Ibrahim of Ghazna “Thou didst depart with a thousand joyful anticipations on a holy expedition, and didst return having achieved a thousand victories… On this journey the army destroyed a thousand idol-temples and thy elephants trampled over more than a hundred strongholds. Thou didst march thy arm to Ujjain; Malwa trembled and fled from thee… On the way to Kalinjar thy pomp obscured the light of day. The lip of infidelity became dry through fear of thee, the eye of plural-worship became blind…” Malwa (Madhya Pradesh) . Khwaja Mas'ud bin Sa'd bin Salman:Diwan-i-Salman in Elliot and Dowson, History of India as told by its own Historians, Vol. IV, pp. 518 ff. about Ibrahim of Ghazna See also Sanai Ferdowsi Farrukhi Sistani External links Category:1046 births Category:1121 deaths Category:Persian literature Category:Poets from Iran Category:Ghaznavid-period poets Category:11th-century Persian poets Category:12th-century Persian poets Category:Medieval poets Category:Poets from Persia