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Ghazal · 14th century

O king, may the heavens be your polo ball

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خسروا گوی فلک در خم چوگان تو باد

O king, may the ball of the heavens be in the curve of your polo stick;

ساحت کون و مکان عرصه میدان تو باد

may the whole expanse of being and place be your playing field.

زلف خاتون ظفر شیفته پرچم توست

The tress of the Lady Victory is enamoured of your banner;

دیده فتح ابد عاشق جولان تو باد

may the eye of eternal conquest be in love with your charge.

ای که انشاء عطارد صفت شوکت توست

O you whose glory is the theme of Mercury's compositions,

عقل کل چاکر طغراکش دیوان تو باد

may Universal Reason be the servant who draws the seal of your chancery.

طیره جلوه طوبی قد چون سرو تو شد

Your cypress-like stature has shamed the grace of the Tuba tree;

غیرت خلد برین ساحت بستان تو باد

may the expanse of your garden be the envy of highest paradise.

نه به تنها حیوانات و نباتات و جماد

Not only animals and plants and stones:

هر چه در عالم امر است به فرمان تو باد

may all that is in the world of command be at your command.

Translation
Persiahaus Editors
Source
Draft translation from the Ganjoor text (Qazvini–Ghani edition)

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