Muntakhab al-tawarikh 22.1.5

22.1.5

From the tongue of the pen my own story I tell in the words of the pen On the page of my life, though the writing of grief has been traced by the pen Since I lived in this world with the pen all my days have been black as the pen And swift as I write my account, so fierce is the point of the pen That like to my own gentle voice is the sharp loud lament of the pen. Although in the midst of my loss I reap always rewards from the pen, Still no one will mention my state to my Lord save the tongue of the pen. ’Tis from Khwaja Mansur bin Sa‘id thrives the market of test of the pen That great one whose words load the burden of truth on the van of the pen. He has mounted his beautiful thoughts on the steed of his swift running pen. In the road of just ruling he gallops, light holding the rein of the pen. His skill hand in hand with his wisdom reveals hidden arts of the pen.