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A: Bizga qurbon iydi Shohruxiyada boʻldi. Betavaqquf oʻtub, xon qoshigʻa Toshkandga bordim. Bu ruboiyni aytib edim, maʼmul qofiyasida taraddudim bor edi, ul mahalda sheʼr mustalahotigʻa muncha tatabbuʼ qilmaydur edim, xon xushtabʼ kishi edi, sheʼr aytur edi, agarchi sar-u somonliq gʻazali kamroq edi, bu ruboiyni xongʻa oʻtkarib, taraddudimni arz qildim. Koʻngul tingʻudek shofiy javob topmadim. Gʻolibo, sheʼr mustalahotigʻa kamroq tatabbuʼ qilgʻondurlar. Ruboiy budur:Yod etmas emish kishini mehnatta kishi,Shod etmas emish koʻngulni gʻurbatta kishi.Koʻnglim bu gʻarabliqta shod oʻlmadi hech,Gʻurbatta sevunmas emish, albatta, kishi [88-89]. 1. I passed the Ide-e-korban in Shahrokhia, but, without tarrying there, I went to Tashkend to the Khan. I had composed the following rubai in a well-known measure, and was dubious about the correctness of its rhymes, as that time, I had not studied with much attention the style and phraseology of poetry. The Khan had pretensions to taste, and, moreover, wrote verses; though his odes, to be sure, were rather deficient both in manner and substance. I presented my rubai, however, to the Khan, and expressed to him my apprehensions, but did not get such an explicit or satisfactory answer as to remove my doubts. Indeed, it was pretty clear that he had no great skill in poetic diction. The following is the rubai or quatrain in question: -(Turki) — No one remembers him who is in adversity;A banished man cannot indulge his heart: in happiness;My heart is far from joy in this exile;However brave, an exile has no pleasures [102].