Muntakhab al-tawarikh 71.1

71.1

Thanks be to God that with a settled mind Intimate friends sat together in pleasure; The rose-garden is the pleasure-resort of people, for there in the presence of the rose, the nightingale sorrowful at the absence of his beloved became rejoiced by its presence. It may be that the beloved one of the garden had been stripped naked by Autumn, So that she has woven a patchwork garment of the hundred petals of the rose. The rose and the jasmine, the spikenard and the basil are in one place, See! the Emperor of Spring has come with his retinue and troops. The birds are singing the praises of the Emperor of heavenly grandeur On the branches of the trees, like the preachers from their pulpits. The glorious Khaqan, the Emperor of dignity like Jamshid, Humayun, Who has a powerful hand and a sturdy heart by the decree of the Almighty. From his intelligence sprung the wisdom of the learned, From his insight arises the perception of the men of acute vision.