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Fereydoon Sends Jandal to Seek Brides

Fereydoon Sends Jandal to Seek Brides

From A6.2, Jandal Goes to Yemen. It illustrates A6.2.6–14:

  • A6.2.6
    The Shah saw body, mind, and age had grown,And manhood’s full maturity was shown.
  • A6.2.7
    He called for Jandal, wakeful, pure of mind,Smooth-tongued in speech, accomplished and refined.
  • A6.2.8
    In every delicate affair he knewThe path of service and remained most true.
  • A6.2.9
    The Shah said, “Travel through the world for me,And search each land with care from sea to sea.
  • A6.2.10
    Seek three fair sisters, born of one same pair,One father and one mother, noble, fair.
  • A6.2.11
    Let noble blood and chastity appear;Let pari-faces make each daughter dear.
  • A6.2.12
    Let height and beauty match from face to face,So none seems less in stature, form, or grace.
  • A6.2.13
    Their father must have pledged no daughter’s hand;Such brides alone will answer my command.”
  • A6.2.14
    Jandal received the charge with steady heart,Shrewd, pure of mind, accomplished in his art.

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