Take thou me not for hare; with me strive not to fence.”
The hare to him: “O prince! Have pity on the weak!
Lend ear unto the tales of them who justice seek.
Thankoffering let it be for thy august estate.
Poor supplicant like me, thou’lt not drive from thy gate.280
Great river like, thy boons stream aye through all canals;
Each flower that decks thy hair in price rich pearls excels.
The sea is not dried up by yielding showers of rain.
Thy ease will not decrease by lessening of my pain.”
The lion then: “My clemency I show to those