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EARLY STRUGGLES OF M,u'izzi t '47<br />
this sum in Ni'shapur coinage was ibrthwith brought and placed<br />
before me. So I returned mightily well pleaded, and made my<br />
preparations for Ramadan, and at the time of the Evening Prayer<br />
went to the entrance o5 the King's It chanced that<br />
pavilion.<br />
'Ala'u'd-Dawla arrived at the very sarr^e moment, and I paid my<br />
'<br />
respects to him. Thou hast done excellently well,' said he, 'and<br />
hast come punctually.' Then 1<br />
he dismounted and went in before<br />
the King.<br />
"At sun-down the King came forth from his pavilion, with<br />
a cross-bow in his hand and 'Ala'u'd-Dawla on his right side.<br />
I ran forward to do obeisance. Amir 'All continued his kindnessesfand<br />
they then busied themselves in looking for the moon.<br />
The King, hbwevep, was the first to see it, whereat he was mightily<br />
son of Burhani, say<br />
pleased. Then 'Ala'u'd-Dawl& said to me, ' O<br />
something original about this moon,' and I at once recited these<br />
two :<br />
couplets<br />
'<br />
" Methinks, O Moon, thou art our Prince's bow,<br />
Or his cumed eyebrow, which doth charm us so,<br />
Or else a horse-shoe wrought ofgold refined,<br />
Or ringfrom Heaven's ear depending low."<br />
""When I had submitted these verses, Amir 'Ah' applauded<br />
'<br />
much, and the King said, Go, loose from the stable whichever<br />
horse athou pleasest'; for at that moment we were standing close<br />
to the stable. Amir 'All designated a ho^se which was brought<br />
put and given to my attendants, and which proved to be worth<br />
three hundred dinars of Ni'shapur. The King then went 'to h"is<br />
oratory, and I performed the evening prayer with him, after<br />
which we sat, down to meat. At the table Amir 'All said, 'O son<br />
hast not yet said anything about this favour<br />
of Burhani ! Thou<br />
(<br />
conferred on thee.,by the lord of the world, (tr) Compose a<br />
quatrain at once! I thereupon sprang to my feet, did obeisance<br />
and irrynediately 'recited these two verses just as they came<br />
to me: ^ ,<br />
'<br />
JUJU dlw tj<br />
" The King beheld the fire which in me blazed':<br />
JMefrom low earth above the. moon he raised:<br />
From me a verse, like waterfluent, heard,<br />
And swift as wind a noble steed conferred."<br />
J\ Oj+.<br />
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