Verse 9
Their defense - צלם tsillam , their shadow, a metaphor highly expressive of protection and support in the sultry eastern countries. The protection of God is so called; see Psalm 91:1 ; Psalm 121:5 ; see also Isaiah 51:16 ; Isaiah 49:2 ; Isaiah 30:2 .
The Arabs and Persians have the same word to express the same thing.
nemayeed zulli doulet mamdood bad .
"May the shadow of thy prosperity be extended!"
nemayced zulli doulet ber mufareki khayr khwahen mamdood bad .
"May the shadow of thy prosperity be spread over the heads of thy well-wishers!"
They have also the following elegant distich: -
Sayahat kem mubad az seri ma
Bast Allah zullikem abeda
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