Muntakhab al-tawarikh 27.5

27.5

My tongue has become dry like that of one fasting in advising her:
For thy form is like a fresh blown rose, fasting is the autumn wind (which withers it):
Although thou openest thy lips like a bud which had been closed by fasting, just as I broke my fast at the table of the praise of my Lord,
The ocean of benevolence, champion of the truth, round the table of whose bounty men and genii broke their fast,
Muhammad whose vanguard is like destiny, the joints of whose spear broke their fast with the blood of the enemies (trickling down) from the point:
He, whose right hand is like that of Isfandiyar, has also, from the liberality of his hand, caused the age to break its fast on this side of the seven stages:
Before the generosity of his heart, the ocean and the mine, have, in their utter poverty, considered fasting to be their bounden duty:
Hail O King, in whose just reign the wolf, as though it were a shepherd, has kept its fast to secure the safety of the flock:
Thou art like the two first fingers, a close companion of the heavens, just as fasting goes hand in hand with prayer:
Thy existence is the twin brother of kingdom, just as fasting is the twin brother of Zakat, Hajj and 'Umrah:
A lip more alluring than the seed of the pomegranate,
A tongue far sweeter than the whitest sugar:
At the smell of the table of thy piety the year has continual increase of him, whether in the day or in the night, to fast from food of all kinds;