1. I invited you to morning wine and said, “Saturday

    urges morning drinking—and so does Mihrajan.”

  2. And a cloud hangs suspended aloft,

    pledged to shed steady, pouring rain;

  3. And a drinking companion whom it delights you to see,

    who has a place in every brother’s heart.

  4. Like Ya‘qub son of Ahmad, or his father—

    and Time smiles, revealing Ya‘qub.

  5. A noble man of Shirzad’s stock,

    whom splendid bearing and eloquence befit.

  6. Of pure lineage among them—and many a glory

    their most radiant, purebred one has brought you.

  7. Groups of men have sought to equal them,

    yet direct sight does not draw near to conjecture.

  8. And noble deeds are not hidden, wherever they may be,

    nor are those who perform them, wherever they may be.

Sol 6.1