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Khosrow Circles Gang-Behesht

Khosrow Circles Gang-Behesht

From C4.18, Kay Khosrow Reaches Gang-Behesht. It illustrates C4.18.1–6:

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

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