The Maidens Bow Before Zal

From A8.3, The Handmaidens Visit Zal. It illustrates A8.3.64–71:

A8.3.64
Then Zal himself went swiftly to the flowers,To meet the maidens in the garden bowers.
A8.3.65
They came before him, bowed upon the ground,Their flower-bright faces gathered all around.
A8.3.66
He asked of Rudabeh’s stature and her face,Her form, her bearing, every outward grace.
A8.3.67
Her speech, her judgment, wisdom, heart, and mind;What in her nature he would truly find.
A8.3.68
“Tell me each thing,” he said, “one after one;Let crooked speech or falsehood enter none.
A8.3.69
If all you tell is truthful in my sight,Your honor shall be guarded as is right.
A8.3.70
But if I sense deception in your breath,Beneath elephants’ feet you shall meet death.”
A8.3.71
Their faces paled; they kissed the earth in fear;The youngest, bold of speech, then answered clear: