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Zal Summons the Simorgh
Book A9 · The Birth and Early Feats of Rostam; Manuchehr’s Closing Counsel

Zal Summons the Simorgh

From A9.1, A Hero Is Born. It illustrates A9.1.18–22:

  • A9.1.18
    A brazier blazed beneath his anxious stare;He burned the Simorgh’s feather in its flare.
  • A9.1.19
    At once the sky grew dark before their sight;The sovereign bird descended from the height.
  • A9.1.20
    She came like cloud whose rain was coral red,Soul-soothing coral through the heavens spread.
  • A9.1.21
    Zal praised the sovereign bird, and reverent, bowedBefore her as she settled from the cloud.
  • A9.1.22
    She said: “Why weep, O lion strong and wise?Why do such tears fall from your mighty eyes?

In the picture

RudabehSindokhtZalSimorgh
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