The Odes of Badr-i Chāch 7: On the same subject.

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Without, though the courts, full of armies, are raising a tumult and uproar, yet within it is so quiet, that prayers for pardon can be offered up. * * * All is so still and clear that the ear of man might hear the humming of a fly's wing reverberate like music. * * * Speak not of a fort, speak not of a sarai, for in appearance and stability it is like the Ka'bah of Paradise. Zahiru-d din erected this blessed structure by the propitious order of the Khusru of the time, the director of the architects, and in the name of the Khalifa. May his life be prolonged for the confirmation of the religion of Muhammad, the Apostle of God. It was completed on the date, "Enter thou into Paradise," or, that I may explain more openly, 744 H. I have been entitled by the king, Fakhru-z zaman; call me not by that name, but rather the sweet-noted parrot.