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Mehrab Gives Sindokht the Treasury Key

Mehrab Gives Sindokht the Treasury Key

From A8.15, Mehrab Storms before Sindokht. It illustrates A8.15.21–27:

  • A8.15.21
    He gave the treasury key into her hand:“Do not grieve over wealth at my command.
  • A8.15.22
    Take servants, horses, treasure, crown, and throne;Prepare whatever riches we have known.
  • A8.15.23
    Perhaps then Kabul will escape the blaze;Its withered gardens bloom in better days.”
  • A8.15.24
    Sindokht replied: “If life be what you seek,Then treasure counts for nothing, hear me speak:
  • A8.15.25
    While I avert the storm now rising near,Swear that no harm shall touch our daughter dear.
  • A8.15.26
    For her I strive; I do not fear my end;Her life alone is what I would defend.”
  • A8.15.27
    She first exacted from him covenant strong,That Rudabeh should suffer neither hurt nor wrong.

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