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  • آفتاب لطف حق بر هر چه تافت  ** از سگ و از اسپ فر کهف یافت 
  • Whatsoever the sun of God's grace shines upon, whether it be dog or horse, gains (is endowed with) the glory of the Cave;

  • تاب لطفش را تو یکسان هم مدان  ** سنگ را و لعل را داد او نشان 
  • Yet deem not the radiance of His grace to be uniform: it has given a sign (distinctive character) to the pebble and the ruby.

  • لعل را زان هست گنج مقتبس  ** سنگ را گرمی و تابانی و بس 
  • From that (radiance) the ruby has a borrowed treasure, (while) the pebble has only heat and brightness.

  • آنک بر دیوار افتد آفتاب  ** آن‌چنان نبود کز آب و اضطراب 
  • (The radiance of) the sun falling on a wall is not the same as (when it is reflected) from water and quivering movement.

  • چون دمی حیران شد از وی شاه فرد  ** روی خود سوی عماد الملک کرد  3455
  • After the peerless king had been astounded by (gazing at) it (the horse) for a moment, he turned his face to the ‘Imádu ’l-Mulk,

  • کای اچی بس خوب اسپی نیست این  ** از بهشتست این مگر نه از زمین 
  • Saying, “O vizier, is not this an exceedingly beautiful horse? Surely it belongs to Paradise, not to the earth.”

  • پس عماد الملک گفتش ای خدیو  ** چون فرشته گردد از میل تو دیو 
  • Thereupon the ‘Imádu ’l-Mulk said to him, “O emperor, a demon is made angelic by thy (fond) inclination.

  • در نظر آنچ آوری گردید نیک  ** بس گش و رعناست این مرکب ولیک 
  • That on which thou lookest (fondly) becomes (appears good (to thee). This steed is very handsome and graceful, and yet

  • هست ناقص آن سر اندر پیکرش  ** چون سر گاوست گویی آن سرش 
  • The head is a blemish in its (elegant) form: you might say that its head is like the head of an ox.”

  • در دل خوارمشه این دم کار کرد  ** اسپ را در منظر شه خوار کرد  3460
  • These words worked on the heart of the Khwárizmsháh and caused the horse to be cheap in the king's sight.