Quatrain on unity of lovers

Persian quatrain on unity of lovers, written in the black Nasta'liq script by the calligrapher Pir Muhammad b. Dust Muhammad Dimensions of Written Surface: 7.8 (w) x 15.5 (h) cm How good is that person in the bazaar of love / He died for your sadness and bought your sorrow with his heart / It is not today that the story of love in Salman's heart (began) / God created me and my love of you in tandem In the bottom horizontal panel, the calligrapher Pir Muhammad b. Dust Muhammad states that he wrote (katabahu) the piece. In the lower left corner of the text panel, he also specifies that he has copied the handwritting (naql min khatt) of the master teacher (ustadh al-kamil) Muhammad 'Ali Bukhari. Pir Muhammad b. Dust Muhammad's statement suggests that he may have used a calligraphic specimen by (his?) teacher as a model for his own, either adapting it or copying it directly. Unfortunately, as neither calligrapher appears recorded in historical sources, it is difficult to suggest a date of execution and a provenance for this piece. Khurram kasi ka bar sar-i bazar 'ashiqi / Jan dar ghammat badad u ghammat-ra bi-jan kharid / Imruz nist dar sar-i Salman hadis-i 'ishq / Kizad mara u 'ishq-i tura ba ham afarid The verses are executed in black nasta'liq script on a beige paper framed by a pasted border decorated with interlacing leaf and vine motifs. This calligraphic fragment includes an iambic pentameter quatrain, or ruba'i, on the primordiality of a lover's affection. Beginning with an invocation to "God, the Glorious" (huwa al-'aziz), the verses read: Script: nasta'liq 1-89-154.182