Muntakhab al-tawarikh 26.2

26.2

On the extremity of the plain of spring issuing from the door of thy creation, the tulip sits with a shield, the willow stands with its arrow.
The jasmine and the rose proclaim thy skill with lip and cheek.
Thy care preserves the sugar of the confection with salt.
Except thy eternal existence how can any caravan arrive at secondary existence?
In the eye of truth there is kuhl (of ornament) in the eye of infidelity and doubt there is the probe (of destruction). Whoever has the inscription on his ring in accordance with thy way verily is saved, but whoever has on his forehead the brand of opposition to thee verily he is lost.
In the glory of thy approbation why should any one take to craft? Why should the saw of Nuh ibn Lamak cut down every tree?
The parrot of my life at the remembrance of thee has remained safe from the snare of grief, just as in the ocean of Jupiter the Fish is safe from the net.
Like an Ethiopian and a Greek, the day has taken away from thy threshold a gold embroidered mantle, the night has despoiled thee of a dress distinguished by a plumed cap.
One draught of thy kindness is equal to the display of several rows (of cups).
A morsel of thy favour is for the accountants several laks.
7. As long as thou drawest him as by the end of the cord, no one turns away his face from the door. It were better that the neck of the heaven should be in the noose of the Milky-way.