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Khosrow Binds the Healing Amulet

Khosrow Binds the Healing Amulet

From C3.49, Bijan Returns with Gostaham. It illustrates C3.49.22–28:

  • C3.49.22
    From Hushang, Tahmuras, and Jamshid’s reign,The Shah received a charm that healed all pain.
  • C3.49.23
    That amulet, the wounded warrior’s aid,Was on his arm through months and years displayed.
  • C3.49.24
    Moved by his love, he freed the healing charmFrom where he wore it on his own right arm.
  • C3.49.25
    He bound it on the hero’s arm to wear,Then stroked the wounds his battered flesh laid bare.
  • C3.49.26
    From Rum, Hind, Chin, Turan, and Iran’s land,The Shah had gathered healers to his hand.
  • C3.49.27
    He kept them ready for such need and pain;Beside the chief he seated all their train.
  • C3.49.28
    He chanted spells, then sought the place of prayer,And long communed with his Creator there.

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