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Jami's Turn from Poetic Self-Reproach to Repentance and Royal Panegyric in Section 76

In this epilogue, Jami addresses himself as an aging poet and questions the value of continuing to pursue poetry. The whitening of his hair becomes a moral reminder that poetic composition should yield to repentance: he urges himself to devote every breath to saying astaghfirullah and to cleanse his mouth with the water of seeking forgiveness.

The poem then shifts from self-reproach to praise and prayer for Yaqub Beg. Jami depicts royal praise as life-giving rain falling upon thirsty sand, yet concludes that his thirst cannot be satisfied and that prayer is the most fitting way to end the work. The section therefore joins three conventional epilogue gestures—renunciation of poetic vanity, spiritual repentance, and royal panegyric—within a single movement toward closure.

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