216 Akhar's Tomh at Slkanclrah. [Nov. 



1. In the name of the King of kings, the ruler of eternity, whose being is exempt 

 from non-existence ! 



2. All kings on earth hold crown and throne and signet from Him. 



3. Out of non-existence He produces existence ; His nature reveals justice and 

 generosity. 



4. Great and small, in consequence of His goodness, are solicitous of His bounty ; 

 His throne is the cynosure of the elect and the people. 



5. He designed the essence of water and of earth ; he created the pure^^ nature of 

 the soul. 



6. He created two worlds in His eternal kindness j one He concealed and the other 

 He showed. 



7. At the same time He bestowed the transitory world upon kings* together with 

 the crown, the royal cap, and the treasury, 



8. So that through their justice flourishing ages might surpass the bloom of a gar- 

 den in spring ; 



9. And, whilst choosing the path of justice, they might look upon strangers as upon 

 themselves. 



10. A king who in his age lives in this manner, is indeed the shadow of God. 



11. It was in 962,t that Shah Akbar, the glorious, 



12. Sat on the golden cushion, which on his throne became a lower heaven. 



13. He adorned the world with his justice and equity, and the hearts of the people 

 of the world became glad thi'ough him. 



14. At the foot of his throne eminent men of all nations gathered. 



15. If he cast in love a glance on the ground, its (the gi'ound's) essence became better 

 than that of the pure soul. 



16. He took kingdoms in war on the first attack, and in the twinkling of an eye 

 again gave them away at feasts. 



17. As God's kindness, so was his kindness general ; and his eye perceived the end 

 of every affair. 



18. Whoever took refuge at his throne, rose like thought (rises) from the fish to 

 the moon. J 



19. His fame filled so entirely the whole world, that no one's heart could conceal a 

 secret. § 



20. He rendered the face of the earth so bright, that even the Creator praised him. 



21. He thus ruled for more than fifty-two years on earth ; 



22. And because by means of his justice he had rendered this world prosperous, he 

 went a bright spirit to the next world. 



23. Before, he was a king of the seven climes ; he has now subjugated the eight 

 paradises. 



24. In the eyes of wise men of sense, this perishable world is a Sarai. 



25. Do not expect to find kindness in fate ; for in the end fate shews kindness to no 



* In allusion to Akbar's ideas of the divine right of kings. 

 t This should be 963. 

 % Vide above, p. 208, 1. 6. 

 § A hyperbole. If a man had a secret in his heart, Akbar's fame displaced the 

 secret and took sole possession of the man's whole heart. 



