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The Sixth Banquet in Full Array

The Sixth Banquet in Full Array

From D13.20.7, The Sixth Banquet. It illustrates D13.20.7.1–10:

  • D13.20.7.1
    The Shah allowed another week to pass,Then called the court to shine with gold and brass.
  • D13.20.7.2
    He came and took his high and royal seat,His crown and girdle shining, all complete.
  • D13.20.7.3
    The Mobad took his stand upon one flank,As vizier to the king, the first in rank.
  • D13.20.7.4
    Upon the other Yazdegard was placed,The scribe whose records royal deeds embraced.
  • D13.20.7.5
    Around them stood the other men of age,The chiefs, and Bozorgmehr, the speaking sage.
  • D13.20.7.6
    The Shah said, “Why should jewels stay concealed,Those words by which the soul is fed and healed?
  • D13.20.7.7
    They raise the one whom no one prized before,And lift the lowly man to honor more.
  • D13.20.7.8
    The speaker’s treasure suffers no decline,While listeners taste delight from wisdom’s wine.”
  • D13.20.7.9
    The Mobad turned to Bozorgmehr and said:“O man whose fame the turning heavens have spread,
  • D13.20.7.10
    What thing, when more is taken, brings you harm,But less of it gives strength to flesh and arm?”

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