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Manijeh Lights the Signal Fire

Manijeh Lights the Signal Fire

From C2.23, Bijan Learns Rostam Is Coming. It illustrates C2.23.76–82:

  • C2.23.76
    Manijeh rushed for wood; with eager treadShe climbed like birds where spreading branches led.
  • C2.23.77
    She watched the sun, the wood upon her breast:When would night raise its head above the crest?
  • C2.23.78
    The sun withdrew, its shining face concealed;Night spread its skirts across the open field.
  • C2.23.79
    It was the hour when all the world lay still,And what was seen grew hidden, field and hill.
  • C2.23.80
    When night led armies over hill and height,The sun that lit the world withdrew its light.
  • C2.23.81
    To pierce the pitch-black darkness, keen and bright,She lit the blaze that scorched the eyes of night.
  • C2.23.82
    A brazen tabira in her heart beat clear:“Now steel-hoofed Rakhsh is coming; he draws near!”

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