
Khosrow's Gifts for Manijeh
From C2.29, Kay Khosrow Holds a Feast. It illustrates C2.29.21–29:
- C2.29.21He summoned Bijan; then the youth drew near,And told his pain and trouble to his ear.
- C2.29.22Of bonds and prison, and of battle too,He told the Shah the trials he had struggled through.
- C2.29.23Bijan described those evil days of plight,And told the whole tale in the monarch’s sight.
- C2.29.24The Shah forgave him, pitied too the maid,Whose luckless heart had suffered, torn and frayed.
- C2.29.25He called for Roman robes of brocade bright,A hundred, worked with gems and golden light.
- C2.29.26A crown, ten purses of dinars of gold,With servants, steeds, and riches manifold,
- C2.29.27He gave, and said, “Bijan, these riches bearTo her whose mourning soul endured despair.
- C2.29.28Speak gently; let no coldness touch your tone;Recall the grief through you that she has known.
- C2.29.29Go through this world rejoicing by her side,And mark how fortune turns with every tide.
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