Amir San‘i

Biography

Amir Sana Ardalani, Asadullah Bayk (d. 1845), son of Najaf Quli Khan and nephew of Hasan 'Ali Khan, a governor of Kurdistan. His Divan runs to 3,000 verses. The following lines are by him:

I was not such a prey to be tamed and rendered so distraught,

Deceived was I by the beauty spot, like a grain in her trap.

My heart so burns in my breast in yearning for you,

Like the fire of a shepherd amongst his flock at night.

My eyes turned white out of separation, like those of Jacob [yearning for Joseph],

O breeze bearing to me scent of the shirt betokening union with Josephl

Lughat-nama-yi Dihkhuda (3, 3400).