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A Palace Built of Song
Book C4 · The Final Afrasiab Wars and the Disappearance of Kay Khosrow

A Palace Built of Song

From C4.1, Praise for Sultan Mahmud. It illustrates C4.1.69–72:

  • C4.1.69
    I bore, O king, the yoke of servitude,To leave some deathless sign of gratitude.
  • C4.1.70
    The homes where men of this day dwell and stayWill sink through sun and shower into decay.
  • C4.1.71
    I built a lofty palace out of song;No wind or rain can do its fabric wrong.
  • C4.1.72
    As years pass over this my written tale,Each wise man reading it shall bless and hail

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