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  • He was unambitious, strong-minded, devout, ascetic, one who kept vigils and was (like) Hátim in generosity;
  • بی‌طمع بود او اصیل و پارسا  ** رایض و شب‌خیز و حاتم در سخا 
  • Very felicitous in judgement, endowed with foresight, and sage: his judgement had been proved in everything that he sought to attain.
  • بس همایون‌رای و با تدبیر و راد  ** آزموده رای او در هر مراد 
  • (He was) generous both in self-sacrifice and in sacrificing wealth: (he was) always seeking the Sun of the invisible world, like the new-moon. 3370
  • هم به بذل جان سخی و هم به مال  ** طالب خورشید غیب او چون هلال 
  • In his (worldly) princedom he felt strange and embarrassed: he was clad (inwardly) in the attributes of (spiritual) poverty and love (of God).
  • در امیری او غریب و محتبس  ** در صفات فقر وخلت ملتبس 
  • He was like a father to every one in need: before the Sultan he was an intercessor and the means of averting harm.
  • بوده هر محتاج را هم‌چون پدر  ** پیش سلطان شافع و دفع ضرر 
  • To the wicked he was a covering (to palliate their offences), like the clemency of God: his nature was opposite to (that of other) created beings and apart (from theirs).
  • مر بدان را ستر چون حلم خدا  ** خلق او بر عکس خلقان و جدا 
  • Many a time he would have gone alone to the mountains (in order to seclude himself), (but) the Sultan prevented (dissuaded) him by (making) a hundred humble entreaties.
  • بارها می‌شد به سوی کوه فرد  ** شاه با صد لابه او را دفع کرد 
  • If at every moment he had interceded for a hundred sins, the Sultan's eye would have been abashed before him. 3375
  • هر دم ار صد جرم را شافع شدی  ** چشم سلطان را ازو شرم آمدی 
  • He (the Amír) went to the noble ‘Imádu ’l-Mulk: he bared his head and fell on the ground,
  • رفت او پیش عماد الملک راد  ** سر برهنه کرد و بر خاک اوفتاد 
  • Saying, “Let him (the king) take my harem together with all that I possess! Let any raider seize my (entire) revenue!
  • که حرم با هر چه دارم گو بگیر  ** تا بگیرد حاصلم را هر مغیر