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The Div in Disguise Offers Flowers

The Div in Disguise Offers Flowers

From B6.9, Iblis Beguiles Kavus. It illustrates B6.9.8–16:

  • B6.9.8
    He took the form of a young gholam, fair,With eloquence to seek the Shah’s own chair.
  • B6.9.9
    He waited till the Shah rode forth to hunt,Then stepped ahead and met him at the front.
  • B6.9.10
    He bowed full low, with flowers in his hand,And praised the king in words both smooth and grand:
  • B6.9.11
    “Your beauty and your farr have reached the sky;The turning sphere should be your seat on high.
  • B6.9.12
    The earth is yours, all creatures heed your call;You are the shepherd, and the great your thrall.
  • B6.9.13
    One deed remains to leave a lasting sign,A mark no age can darken or decline.
  • B6.9.14
    Why should the sun conceal its hidden course,Its rise, its fall, its never-failing force?
  • B6.9.15
    What are the moon, the night, the passing day?Who turns the wheeling heavens on their way?
  • B6.9.16
    You hold the earth and all beneath your will;Trap heaven too; let none escape you still.”

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