been in Nll-ab for a time, waited upon me on the road. We dismounted in the Bagh-i-wafa; its oranges had yellowed beautifully ; its spring-bloom was well-advanced, and it was very charming. We stayed in it five or six days.
As it was my wish and inclination {ju dagh-daghd) to return to obedience {taib) in my 40th year, I was drinking to excess now that less than a year was left.
{Jan. Jtk) On Sunday the 16th, having made my morning {subuht) and became sober. Mulla Yarak played an air he had composed in five-time and in the five-line measure (inakhammas), while I chose to eat a confection (ma'j'un). He had composed an excellent air. I had not occupied myself with such things for some time; a wish to compose came over me now, so I composed an air in four-time, as will be mentioned in time.1
(fan. 10th) On Wednesday (19th) it was said for fun, while we were making our morning {subuht), " Let whoever speaks like a Sart {i.e. in Persian) drink a cup." Through this many drank. At sunnat-waqt2 again, when we were sitting under the willows in the middle of the meadow, it was said, " Let whoever speaks like a Turk, drink a cup ! " Through this also numbers drank. After the sun got up, we drank under the orange-trees on the reservoir-bank.
{Jan. nth) Next day (20th) we got on a raft from Daruta ; got off again below Jui-shahl and went to Atar.
{Jan. . . ) We rode from there to visit Nur-valley, went as far as Susan (lily)-village, then turned back and dismounted in Amla.
{Jan. 14th) As Khwaja Kalan had brought Bajaur into good order, and as he was a friend of mine, I had sent for him and had made Bajaur over to Shah Mir Husain's charge. On Saturday the 22nd of the month (Muharram), Shah Mir Husain was given leave to go. That day in Amla we drank.
{Jan. 15th) It rained {ydmghur ydghdurub) next day (23rd).
1 Hai. MS. mahali-da mazkur bulghitsidfir, butW.-i-B. I.O. 215 f. 176 for mahalida, in its place, has dar majlis [in the collection], which may point to an intended collection of Babur's musical compositions. Either reading indicates intention to write what we now have not.
2 Perhaps an equivalent for farz-waqt, the time of the first obligatory prayer. Much seems to happen before the sun got up high !
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