Once when The King Akbar

Was having his hair cut and shaving,

By their family barber who had served

Even the father of the King.

He was allied by the courtiers

Who envied Birbal at the court,

And he planned to fool Akbar

And kill Birbal with his support.

He said to the King, "Your Majesty,

I dreamt about your father last night,

He was quite alone in the heavens

And needed someone bright."

"He asked me to tell you, My Lord,

He needs a man sharp and clever."

On hearing his late father's wish

He could not stop himself, never.

Then he said, "Jahanpannah,

I think Birbal is the best.

Sharp, Clever, A young man he is.

Do you have anyone better to suggest?"

The notion occupied Akbar's mind

And he asked Birbal this favour,

But Birbal used his presence of mind

"Who suggested me the most clever?"

"Oh! He is my barber

He told me about his dream."

And Birbal got the whole plan

The start to the end of the stream.

So he agreed and asked Akbar

For money of great amount,

For his families expenditure and

Travel expenses were all he could count.

He dug some soil near his house

And decided it to be his grave,

Also to be buried alive so

He can reach the heavens alive-n-safe.

But he had a small tunnel

In the grave into his house,

Where he was hidden for six months

Secretly with his spouse.

But after that, he came to the court

With unshaved beards and long hairs,

He said, "Everything's good up there

But your father needs some care."

Akbar was really happy

To see Birbal had returned,

But he was eager to know more

The information Birbal has earned.

"Your Majesty, up in the heavens

There isn't a good barber at all.

So your father has grown long beards

In which he entangles and falls."

"Your father ordered me to go

And serve his precious son.

While you provide a barber up there."

To the hell went the courtiers fun.

This time the grave was prepared

Without a tunnel in it,

The barber was sent surely to the hell

And Birbal succeeds in using his wit.

So that's how 'The Clever Birbal'

Proved himself the smartest of all,

And with his great skills, he won

The hearts of the crowd in the hall.

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