Muntakhab al-tawarikh 27.3

27.3

At the time of attack, how can the stag in spite of all his efforts, reach the dust which is thrown up by thy charger’s hoofs?
Think it not strange if from the abundance of his bounty, the lynx goes slowly on foot, and the stag swiftly like a horseman.
‘Twixt thine eyelids reigns a Sultan, Helpless, lo! I bow before him.
This comparison of the mole on a cheek to grains of musk is one of the commonest similes among Persian poets.
Compared with the fragrance of thy goodness how can the stag boast of the dried blood of his navel in Tatar.
By the aid of thy words which are like an antidote, I have no fear, even though the stag shall become like to one that feeds on snakes
His food is the snake, but afterwards like the elk, besides the antidote, the stag offers in every direction the bag of musk.
In the land in which thou art, by reason of thy great justice the lynx sits sorrowful, and the stag stands to comfort him
The day that thou pursuest him he shows only his right shoulder when the stag rushes from the right to the left of thy army.
In reliance upon thee if a stag were to cherish a young lion in its bosom it would be no wonder
What power have two hundred enemies against thy prowess ?
What does the hunting leopard think of a herd of thousand stags ?
Thy enemy will be able to engage in conflict with thee
At that time when the stag’s horns are capable of fighting the lion.
In the meadow of thy favour the stag has never seen his quarters and sides as thin as his legs.