Sudabeh Displays the Maidens

From B9.8, Siavash Visits the Bower Again. It illustrates B9.8.10–19:

B9.8.10
Then Siavash came where all the women met,And saw her court, her crown with jewels set.
B9.8.11
She left her throne and stepped before his gaze,Her jeweled face and hair alike ablaze.
B9.8.12
Siavash sat upon the golden seat;She stood, hands folded, serving at his feet.
B9.8.13
She showed the maidens gathered in the room,Untouched like gems still sealed within their bloom.
B9.8.14
“Behold this court,” she said, “and those who stand,With golden headgear, waiting your command.
B9.8.15
Young beauties of Taraz, with modest eyes,Whom Yazdan shaped in coy and tender guise.
B9.8.16
If one among them pleases you the best,Then choose her now, and let your choice be blessed.”
B9.8.17
Siavash raised his eyes a little way,Yet none could turn her gaze from him away.
B9.8.18
They whispered: “Even the moon would shrink from sightBefore the brilliance of this prince’s light.”
B9.8.19
Each maiden then returned to her own throne,And weighed what fortune might become her own.