Number 1

Khorasani style
English

Number 1

The king's sword is a living soul; who has ever seen such a wonder? A soul through which body and soul alike are laid to ruin. Instead of jewels, trembling within its substance you can see the souls of his enemies, like specks of dust in sunlight.
Explanation: The sword is imagined as alive, its blade glinting not with gems but with the quivering souls of slain foes, compared to dust motes visible in a beam of light.

Original · Persian

شمارهٔ ۱

جانی است تیغ شاه، که دید این همه شگفت؟ جانی کزو بود تن و جان همه خراب
لرزان به‌جای گوهر در جرم او پدید جان‌های دشمنانش چو ذره در آفتاب