And would do the same at any other rebellious place.(90)
Whenever he would shoot an arrow from his quiver,
He would annihilate the enemy there and then.(91)
When a period of one year and four months had lapsed,
He became as famous in the country as the moon in the sky,(92)
After stringing them through arrows he had nettled the enemies,
And reminisced on the old days.(93)
One day the daughter of the minister said to him,
‘Oh, you the king of kings and the enlightened one,(94)
‘Instantly you have forgotten your own country,
‘And being adorned with success, you have forgotten your own- self.(95)
‘Remember your own country, ‘Where lies your paternal city.
You must go and rehabilitate it.’(96)
He had always been keeping vigil on this army,
And had been distributing the wealth (among them).(97)
One of the contingent, he decorated like the spring season.
He provided (them) thousands of daggers, and laced them with armours,(98)
Along with coat-of-mails, he gave them Hindustani swords,
which were very heavy and expensive.(99)
Also (he gave them) the Guns from the country of Mashad,
Including chain-mails of Rome and scimitars of Hindustan.(100)
They were provided with Arabian horses, (which were) outfitted with steel hooves.
Along with all the stimulated elephants, which were as black as the night.(101)
All the fighters were very brave,
They, the lion hearted ones, could decimate lines after lines (of the enemies).(102)
Although he was capable of killing an elephant,
In the court he prevailed with very sweet tongue and wit.(103)
His spear was captivating,
And the swords were tempered with the poison.(104)
A pyramid of the army was established, which was,
Constituted of very handsome young-men,(105)
The daughter of the Minister put the turban on,
And took a quiver full of arrows.(106)
Leading the frontal detachments,
She led the army like the flowing river.(107)
Like a black cloud, when one contingent was despatched,
The earth shook and the moon trembled.(108)
When the border was butted by the army,
Which was equipped with arrows, swords and many other arms,(109)
And also provided were the weapons,
Known as daggers, maces and slingshots,(110)
Then was plundered the country of Akleem,
And one ruler took away the flying-horses and other outfits.(111)
The worn-torn country was left like,
The trees, which are made barren during the fall.(112)
The defeat of the enemy opened all the annuls to march forward,
And the opponents were left behind humiliated.(113)
Her fairy-like features depicted the lion’s courage,