Constructing Pakistan - pg. 17

I have written herein an account of events from May of last year to July 1858. On August first I have laid down my pen. I long for orders from the auspicious sovereign concerning three petitions about which I have written in this book -- that is for title, for robe of honour, and for pension. My eyes and my heart look forward to this order from the Empress whose crown is the moon, whose throne is the sky; who is renowned as Jamshid, as splendid as Faridun, as majestic as Kaus, as noble as Sanjar, as exalted as Alexander ... If through the generosity of the Queen of the World, I obtain some benefit, I will not have left this life a failure.

-- Ghalib