XXXIX: A man is he, who is courageous, and…

A man is he, who is courageous, and whom success attendeth--
Who is gentle and affable, unto all people, as long as life lasteth.

His face, his real face--his word, his word--his promise, his promise:
With no falsehood in him, no deception, not witless and lewd.

His words few, but his deeds many, and in silence performed--
With mouth closed, but bosom laid open like the bud of the rose.

When humility may be necessary, or when stateliness be required,
To be in loftiness, like the heavens--in humbleness, like the dust.

In dignity, like the cypress--in generosity and bounty, like the vine--
Its branches, on all sides, under the weight of its clusters bending.

Like unto a fresh and fragrant full-blown rose in the parterre,
Around which the sweet nightingales raise their plaintive songs.

I am quite amazed, since he speaketh in this manner,
As from whence did Khushhal all this mental genius bring.