More shame for lion was it, hare should make him chafe.
Just so a shame it is, and subject for surprise,
The state in which he’s left, who Fakhru-’d-Dīn would rise.[176]
O, he’s a lion, sure, at bottom of a well.
His pride of flesh the hare that cast him down to hell.470
His pride, the hare, at large, disporting as it will;
Himself down in the pit. O, what a bitter pill!
The lion-slaying hare now scampered to his friends,
Exclaiming: “Good news bring I; let joy know no ends!
Good news! Good news! Festivities bring into play!