
Khosrow Circles Gang-Behesht
From C4.18, Kay Khosrow Reaches Gang-Behesht. It illustrates C4.18.1–6:
- C4.18.1Within the third week, Khosrow came to Gang,Where flute and harp through Afrasiab’s halls rang.
- C4.18.2He laughed and circled all the fortress round,Amazed how fortune turned upon that ground.
- C4.18.3He said: “Who raised this fortress to its heightDid not build such a place for harm and fight.
- C4.18.4Yet Siavash’s murderer now has fled,Within these walls to hide his guilty head.”
- C4.18.5He marveled at that fair, enchanting place,A heaven stood, serene in all its grace.
- C4.18.6He said to Rostam: “Mark with judging eyesThe gifts God grants beneath these turning skies.
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