Such a beautiful present brought from Bukhara by Subuhi Safvi
This famous verse by al- Mutababbi
Born: 915 CE in Iraq (Kufa)
calligraphy Deciphered by Rizwan Ahmad
الخَيْـلُ وَاللّيْـلُ وَالبَيْـداءُ تَعرِفُنـي
وَالسّيفُ وَالرّمحُ والقرْطاسُ وَالقَلَـمُ
Al-khaylu wa al-laylu wa al-bayda’u taʿrifuni
Wa al-sayfu wa al-ramḥu wa al-qirṭasu wa al-qalamu
“The horses, the night, and the desert know me well,
As do the sword, the spear, the parchment, and the pen.”
