Page image — the source of record
Machine transcription
این دسته گل سرخ را که از شاخه آمال و آرزو هائی دیرین خود چیده ام به قبضه شمشیر این
فرد اول افغا نستان که بدیدۀ من محبوب تر از و کسی نیست پیر ایه می بندم *
Roughly two thirds of characters agree with a modern printed edition of the same text. Much of the disagreement is editorial, not misreading. Treat the transcription as a finding aid and read the page image before quoting. How this was measured.