Muntakhab al-tawarikh 27.6

27.6

The ear of thy marrow has fed, like the ear of Nimrod on the brain of thy enemy in the brain of the (threshing-floor of vapour).
For the maintenance of thy kingdom, young and old have fasted, both the old and the new generation,
The revolution of this nine-domed world is full of the mention of thy glory, just as fasting fills the seven members of the body in this day-bazaar.
On this earth, the world’s children (have fasted) with such endurance that the spiritual beings will never be able to break the fast.
I stood before thee with my loins girt in honest service, as though fasting, because fasting is not one of my objects, neither openly nor in secret.
My manliness actuated by ambition bowed the knee to me and said,
Imagine that both your pen and your finger tips are fasting.
The claims of thy generosity caused me to break my fast and consume my time, had it not been for that I would have speedily imposed a fast upon my words.
Had not the praise of thee been the sustenance of my powers of speech how could the point of my tongue have broken its fast by breaking into poetry?
Like the parrot, my first morning food is the sugar of gratitude to thee, not like the humā do I break my fast upon bones.
Who is able to break his fast in this way at the time of bringing in the "radīf" better than ‘Amīd, with the draught of trial.
He has broken his fast with a feather from the wing of the bird of praise, because at this time fasting is the best nest for the bird of praise.