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FARRUKHI'S SUCCESS , '43<br />
" Since the meadow hides i*ls face in satin Shot with greens and blifts,<br />
And the mountains wrap their brows in silken veils of seven hues,<br />
Foliage bright as parrots plumage doth the graceful willow wear.<br />
YesterJen the midnight breezes brought the fadings of th,e spring:<br />
Welcome, O ye northern gales, for this glad promise which ye bring!<br />
Up its sleeve the wind, meseemeth, pounded musk hath stored away,<br />
While the garden fills its l-ap with shining dMs, as though for play.<br />
On the branches of syringa necklaces ofpearls we see,<br />
Ruby ear-rings of Badakhshan sparkle on the Judas-tree.<br />
Since the branches of the rose-bush carmine cups and beakers bore<br />
Human-like five-fingered hands reach downwarfib from the sycamore.<br />
Gardens all chameleon-coated, branches with chameleon whorls,<br />
Pearl^lustrous pools around us. clouds above us raining pearls f<br />
On tfw gleaming plain this coat of many colours doth appear<br />
Like a robe of honotfr granted in, the court of our Amir.<br />
'For our Princes Camp of BraMing stirreth in these joyful days<br />
So that all this age of ours in joyful wonder stands agaze.<br />
Green within the green you see, like skies within thefirt/lament; Like afort within a fortress spreads the army tent'on tent.<br />
Every te.it contains a lover resting in his sweethearts arms,<br />
Every patch ofgrass reifealeth to a friend a favourite's charms.<br />
Harps are sounding 'midst the verdure, minstrels sing their lays divine,<br />
Tents resound with clink of glasses as the pages pour the wine.<br />
Kisses, claspings from the lovers j coy reproachesfrom the fair;<br />
Wine-born slumbers for the sleepers, while the minstrels wake the air.<br />
, .Earth *is teeming like the musk-pod with aromas ricn and r&re,<br />
,<br />
Branding-fires, like suns ablaze, are kindled at the spacious gate<br />
Leading to the state-pavilion of our Prince so fortunate.<br />
Leap the flames like gleaming standards draped with yellow-hued brocade,<br />
Hotter than a young man's temper, yellower than gold assayed.<br />
Branding tools like coral branches ruby-tinted glow amain<br />
In ihe fire, as in the ripe pomegranate glows the crimson grain.<br />
Rank on rank of active boys, whose watchful eyes no slumber know ;<br />
Steeds which still await the branding, rank on rank and row on row.<br />
On his horse, the river-forder, roams our genial Prince afar,<br />
* Ready to his hand the lassoo, like a young Isfandiydr. ,<br />
Like the locks ofpretty children see it how it curls and bends,<br />
Yet be sure its hold is stronger than the covenant offriends.<br />
Bu'l-Muzaffar Shah the Jjist, surrounded by a noble band,<br />
King and conqueror of cities, brave defender of the land.<br />
Serpent-coiled in skilful hands freshforms his whirling noose doth take, ,<br />
Like unto the rod of*Moses metamorphosed to a snake.<br />
Whosoever hath bjen captured by that noose and circling line,<br />
On thejace and flank and shoulder ever bears the Royal Sign.<br />
But, thotigh on one side he brands, he giveth also rich rewards,<br />
Leads his'poets with a bridle, binds %is guests as though with cords."<br />
When 'Amid As'ad heard this rhapsody, he was overwhelmed<br />
with amazement, for never had the like of it reached his ears.<br />
I^e pu't aside all his business, mounted Farrukhf on a horse, and<br />
set oi;t*for the Amir, whose presence he entered about sun-down,<br />
saying, " O Sire, I bring thee a poet<br />
the like of whom no one<br />
hat 1<br />
* seen since Daqfqi's face was veiled in the tomb." Then he<br />
related what had passed.<br />
Then tlie 'Amir accorded Farrukhi an audience, and when he<br />
came in he did reverence, and the Amir gave him his hand and