
Khosrow Binds the Healing Amulet
From C3.49, Bijan Returns with Gostaham. It illustrates C3.49.22–28:
- C3.49.22From Hushang, Tahmuras, and Jamshid’s reign,The Shah received a charm that healed all pain.
- C3.49.23That amulet, the wounded warrior’s aid,Was on his arm through months and years displayed.
- C3.49.24Moved by his love, he freed the healing charmFrom where he wore it on his own right arm.
- C3.49.25He bound it on the hero’s arm to wear,Then stroked the wounds his battered flesh laid bare.
- C3.49.26From Rum, Hind, Chin, Turan, and Iran’s land,The Shah had gathered healers to his hand.
- C3.49.27He kept them ready for such need and pain;Beside the chief he seated all their train.
- C3.49.28He chanted spells, then sought the place of prayer,And long communed with his Creator there.
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