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Gangdezh Rises on the Mountain

Gangdezh Rises on the Mountain

From B9.39, Siavash Founds Gangdezh. It illustrates B9.39.44–55:

  • B9.39.44
    When Siavash had viewed that favored ground,In all Turan no finer place he found.
  • B9.39.45
    He made his name renowned through what he planned,And raised another wall around the land.
  • B9.39.46
    Stone, mortar, marble, and substances rare,And one strange substance no man could declare.
  • B9.39.47
    Two hundred cubits high and more it rose,And thirty-eight in breadth its measure shows.
  • B9.39.48
    No catapult could reach that lofty place,No arrow shot could ever strike its face.
  • B9.39.49
    You had to see the place with your own eyes;Else hearers might grow angry at such lies.
  • B9.39.50
    Two farsangs stretched from summit down to ground,While sheer and yawning chasms ringed it round.
  • B9.39.51
    No eye below could glimpse its lofty crest;A bird that sought its height would tire in quest.
  • B9.39.52
    The prince endured such hardship for renown,For greatness, royal throne, and kingly crown.
  • B9.39.53
    Within that lovely ground he built with skill,A splendid city fashioned to his will.
  • B9.39.54
    He raised its palaces, eyvans, and square,And planted countless trees in gardens fair.
  • B9.39.55
    He made the place a paradise to view,Rose, hyacinth, narcissus, tulips grew.

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