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Manijeh Carries the Drugged Bijan by Night

Manijeh Carries the Drugged Bijan by Night

From C2.7, Manijeh Carries Bijan to Her Palace. It illustrates C2.7.3–10:

  • C2.7.3
    She bade a drug that steals the senses mixedInto the sweetened draft, her purpose fixed.
  • C2.7.4
    They gave it then to Bijan, Giv’s own son,That good of heart, that famed and valiant one.
  • C2.7.5
    Manijeh, seeing Bijan’s face gone dim,Called her attendants once again to him.
  • C2.7.6
    A litter she made ready for the road,To bear that sleeping man from that abode.
  • C2.7.7
    On one side was a seat for pleasure made,And on the other, resting-place was laid.
  • C2.7.8
    She scattered camphor on the sleeper’s bed,And rosewater on sandalwood was spread.
  • C2.7.9
    When near the city, moving through the night,She veiled him in a woman’s robe from sight.
  • C2.7.10
    By night she entered through a hidden way,And kept her secret from the light of day.

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