The Hidden Youth Among the Women

From D13.20.1, Bozorgmehr Interprets the Dream. It illustrates D13.20.1.66–74:

D13.20.1.66
The interpreter said, “This is not so;A hidden youth has passed me by, I know.
D13.20.1.67
Command them all to strip their faces bare,And let each woman pass beneath your stare.”
D13.20.1.68
The Shah then bade his eunuchs bring the trainBefore his throne, their faces bare and plain.
D13.20.1.69
They passed again; though all had mocked the dream,A hidden youth emerged within the stream.
D13.20.1.70
Cypress-tall, with a kingly form and face,He trembled like a willow in that place.
D13.20.1.71
Within the monarch’s bower could be seenSeventy girls, each noble as a queen.
D13.20.1.72
One ivory-cheeked girl in that fair trainWas the Chakh-warden’s daughter from the plain.
D13.20.1.73
That jasmine-faced and musk-perfumed young manHad loved her since their life at home began.
D13.20.1.74
Wherever she had gone, he followed still,And served her like a slave through love and will.