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Giv's Riders before the Paradise City

Giv's Riders before the Paradise City

From B4.3, Kay Kavus Ventures to Mazandaran. It illustrates B4.3.23–31:

  • B4.3.23
    At length they reached a wondrous, radiant scene,No mortal realm had ever shone so serene.
  • B4.3.24
    Each street displayed its beauty, wealth, and art,And moon-bright maidens gladdened every heart.
  • B4.3.25
    In every lane a thousand servants shone,With torques and earrings bright as polished stone.
  • B4.3.26
    Still more crowned servants thronged the avenues,Moon-faced and bright in robes of varied hues.
  • B4.3.27
    Gold lay in heaps and gems shone clear and bright,And cattle grazed in numbers past all sight.
  • B4.3.28
    They sent to Kavus word of that estate;He blessed the voice that named it Paradise’s mate.
  • B4.3.29
    The city seemed an idol-temple deckedWith Chinese brocade, and with flowers flecked.
  • B4.3.30
    Its beauties seemed like Paradise made plain;Rizvan washed pomegranate blooms with rain.
  • B4.3.31
    One might have said: “This land is Paradise,A vision formed before astonished eyes.”

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