
Khosrow Showers Hajir with Rubies
From C3.17, Gudarz Appeals to Khosrow. It illustrates C3.17.42–48:
- C3.17.42Then that wise youth, with spirit clear and bright,Gave Gudarz’s sealed letter to his sight.
- C3.17.43The monarch called a scribe, who, word by word,Read out the letter till the whole was heard.
- C3.17.44When all was read, the Shah, rejoicing, pouredRubies in Hajir’s mouth, a gleaming hoard.
- C3.17.45He told his treasurer: “Bring from the storeDinars and silk brocades; set them before.”
- C3.17.46They brought the sacks and poured the gold in heaps,Till Hajir’s head was hidden in their deeps.
- C3.17.47They brought a royal robe and jeweled crown,Such gifts as suit a monarch’s high renown.
- C3.17.48And ten fine steeds were brought before his sight,Their golden saddles gleaming in the light.
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