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Bahram's Hunting Train and Toghri

Bahram's Hunting Train and Toghri

From D10.13, Bahram Weds the Daughters of Noble Barzin. It illustrates D10.13.1–12 (to D10.13.21):

  • D10.13.1
    Three hundred servants from the royal hallRode out with hunting gear at Bahram’s call.
  • D10.13.2
    Ten camels bore fine housings of brocade,With silver stirrups richly overlaid.
  • D10.13.3
    Their panniers shone with gold upon the plain,As all the hunting splendor formed his train.
  • D10.13.4
    Ten camels bore the Shah’s own seat of state,Brocade adorned the throne of one so great.
  • D10.13.5
    Before them seven elephants progressed,The turquoise throne upon their backs at rest.
  • D10.13.6
    Its feet were gold and crystal, bright and pure,The throne itself of mighty Bahram Goor.
  • D10.13.7
    Each swordsman’s thirty handsome pages rodeWith golden belts; their steeds’ gold trappings glowed.
  • D10.13.8
    A hundred camels carried minstrels crowned,Whose jeweled coronets flashed all around.
  • D10.13.9
    The falconers had eight score hawks in line,Two hundred other falcons, proud and fine.
  • D10.13.10
    Among them flew one bird of sable hue,More prized by Bahram than the rest he knew.
  • D10.13.11
    Its talons black, its beak a yellow flame,Like gold on lapis when the morning came.
  • D10.13.12
    They called that bird Toghri; its eyes were red,Like goblets full of blood within its head.

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