The Book of Akbar 333.1

333.1

In that station of abundance (Dahmirz), the reservoir of brilliancy for the terrene and terrestrials, and the adornment of time and time’s offspring, to wit, the sun, the benefactor of the universe, arrived at his house of exaltation, and gladdened and refreshed the earth with the breath of spring. It would seem that Aries is called the house of exaltation because at that time the beings of earth are given exaltation and fresh life. Otherwise the dignity of that bestower of exaltation on heavenly and terrestrial bodies is too high for any place to receive the title of the house of exaltation of that giver of light to all existence. In fine, this world-adorning light came from the fountain of Pisces to the abode of joy, in the night known as Thursday, after ten hours, and forty minutes of the astronomical night of Wednesday the 27th Rabī‘-aş-şānī of the lunar year 964, and the world-illuminating new year’s day came to pass, and the second year of the Divine Era began. Verse. The nightingale, like a reasoning man Gave merited thanks with the tongue of spring, The breeze of morning distilled ambergris, The earth-pores made the air redolent, The fields were full of sheets without pillows The gardens full of brides without dowers The villas full of scarlet-draped platforms The gardens full of variegated carpets The birds warbled o’er flowers and rose bushes, Drunk without musicians, or cups, or wine.