Siavash Entrusts His Letter to Rostam

From B9.24, Rostam Bears Siavash’s Message. It illustrates B9.24.1–12 (to B9.24.26):

B9.24.1
Siavash took his seat of ivory white,The crown hung high above him, gleaming bright.
B9.24.2
He pondered whom to send with measured speech,A man whose words the royal ear could reach.
B9.24.3
Whose speech had force, discretion, tact, and grace,And knew the temper of the royal place.
B9.24.4
Then Rostam said: “Who dares to bear this wordTo Kavus, whose swift wrath is lightly stirred?
B9.24.5
His temper sharp grows fiercer day by day,His harshness will increase, not fall away.
B9.24.6
Perhaps I should myself convey the tale,And lift before Kavus the hidden veil.
B9.24.7
At your command I would cross earth for you;I see but good in making this journey through.”
B9.24.8
Then Siavash rejoiced: his mind found rest,And talk of other envoys was suppressed.
B9.24.9
With Rostam then he shaped the message clear,And set each term in words for Kavus’s ear.
B9.24.10
He called a scribe and bade him to prepareUpon fine silk the words he would declare.
B9.24.11
He praised the Judge, from whom all gifts descend,Strength, farr, and skill that serve us to the end:
B9.24.12
“Yazdan of time, of intellect, and might,Who nourishes the soul with wisdom’s light.