
Zal and Rudabeh Wed on One Throne
From A8.22, Zal Returns to Kabul, Sahm and Rudabeh. It illustrates A8.22.47–52:
- A8.22.47They passed into a chamber worked in gold,Where spring itself seemed living to behold.
- A8.22.48There Sahm looked on the moon-faced maiden’s grace,And wonder held him as he viewed her face.
- A8.22.49He knew not how to praise that radiant sight,Nor how to open eyes against such light.
- A8.22.50By Sahm’s command, Mehrab appeared that night;They bound the marriage by the faith and rite.
- A8.22.51They seated both together on one throne,With agate bright and emeralds all their own.
- A8.22.52A famed diadem adorned the moon-bright bride;A jeweled royal crown shone at Zal’s side.
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