Muntakhab al-tawarikh 49.3.7

49.3.7

Heir to the mighty monarchy, Sultan Mahmud, Who succeeded his father and grandfather in the sovereignty of the world; He removed Dabaran from the sky to serve as his signet, While Taurus complained saying I have but this one eye left. By the first strain of his bow-string he has wakened the Lion, And after that he has stretched him out in sleep with the deep-piercing arrow. The whole world boasts of full satiation at the board of thy favour, Save only the lute which complains that its belly is empty. Oh thou whose world-conquering sword flashes in the darkness of infidelity like to the lightning flashing through the darkness of night, Although the heaven has made thine enemies intoxicated like the eyes of the beloved idols for some time, still at last it has overthrown them. It is envy of thy generous hand which throws the ocean into tumult, for if it be not so, the ocean is never so disturbed by the winds of heaven. The following is also by the same author: