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Afrasiab at Ease in Gang-Behesht
Book C4 · The Final Afrasiab Wars and the Disappearance of Kay Khosrow

Afrasiab at Ease in Gang-Behesht

From C4.13, Afrasiab Flees to Gang-Behesht. It illustrates C4.13.23–27:

  • C4.13.23
    The city seemed a paradise to behold,Its clay was purest musk, its bricks were gold.
  • C4.13.24
    There, glad and smiling, he lay down to rest,As though with safety he were wholly blessed.
  • C4.13.25
    He summoned warriors in from every side,Great chiefs and potentates in martial pride.
  • C4.13.26
    Wine, harp and rabab, gardens full of flowers;Rose, hyacinth, and cup beguiled his hours.
  • C4.13.27
    He drank, while fate still hid its work from sight,And watched to learn what time would bring to light.

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