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The Mobadan Fall Silent
Book A8 · The Story of Zal and Rudabeh

The Mobadan Fall Silent

From A8.6, Zal Seeks Counsel. It illustrates A8.6.33–37:

  • A8.6.33
    Speak then, you seers; declare what must be done;Let wisdom guide me where my path should run.”
  • A8.6.34
    They heard. And silence held them in its chain,For Zahhak’s blood in Mehrab did remain,
  • A8.6.35
    And Manuchehr detested that dark line;No man dared speak where peril gave a sign.
  • A8.6.36
    No man had heard sweet nectar mixed with bane,Or sugar joined with poison in one grain.
  • A8.6.37
    With no reply, Zal’s blood began to boil;He shaped a fresh design to end the toil:

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