Muntakhab al-tawarikh 30.4.3

30.4.3

Since Muhammad has departed may the event be happy for the king May his son Kaiqubád be most fortunate and his son Kaikhusru be blessed And the opening [of another threnody] is as follows: My heart sit silent in sorrow for no trace of joy remains, Grief, do thou take away the world, for no joy is left therein In the following ode too he refers to the same disastrous occurrence: Behold this calamity which has befallen this year on the frontier of Multan, The right wing of the believers has been defeated by the infidel ranks How can I explain that day of resurrection, from the agony of which the Angel of Death would have craved respite. How can I describe the way in which the Ghazis, attacked the front of the Shaibanis, like the Lion of repeated attacks. But what help has anyone against the decree of fate which was ordained by and issued from the Almighty. 2. What was the condition of the battle field ? it was one load of dead bodies, So much blood was spilled and the load was lying upon it. The blood of martyrs, poured out like a libation, was mingled with the earth, The necks of prisoners bound together with ropes in rows, like rose chains. The heads strangled in the tight noose of the saddle-cords, The necks caught in the toils of the head-ropes. Although my head escaped that game of strangulation, Still my neck did not escape that noose of torture. I was taken captive, and for fear lest they should shed my blood