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Farangis Weeps against Behzad's Mane

Farangis Weeps against Behzad's Mane

From B10.19, Kay Khosrow Wins Behzad. It illustrates B10.19.34–43:

  • B10.19.34
    When Farangis beheld the noble steed,Her wounded heart began once more to bleed.
  • B10.19.35
    She pressed her cheek against his mane and chest,And called Siavash’s name in deep unrest.
  • B10.19.36
    When tears were spent, she turned without delay,And toward her laden treasury made way.
  • B10.19.37
    Within her eyvan lay a hidden store,Unknown to any living soul before.
  • B10.19.38
    There lay dinars and dirhams, rubies rare,And precious gems preserved with secret care.
  • B10.19.39
    With gopal, bargostvan, khanjar, blade,And heavy gorz, for battle all arrayed.
  • B10.19.40
    Her cheeks grew red; her tears began to run;She opened all the treasure to her son.
  • B10.19.41
    She said to Giv: “O chief who bore this pain,Choose from my treasure what you wish to gain.
  • B10.19.42
    Take dinars, royal gems, and rubies’ fire,Or choose the jeweled crown if you desire.
  • B10.19.43
    We merely guard it; all this wealth is yours;The toil and risk were yours through all those years.”

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