
Envoys Bring Tribute from Hind and Chin
From D13.5, The Kings Acknowledge Anooshirvan. It illustrates D13.5.25–36:
- D13.5.25The gardens brightened like the sun in spring;Then news to Rum and Hind took sudden wing:
- D13.5.26“In painted silk of Rum Iran is dressed;The Shah has made the whole earth fair and blessed.
- D13.5.27With arms and justice he has decked the land;It gleams, moon-bright, beneath his guiding hand.
- D13.5.28No one could count the troops he had arrayedExcept the Shah, whose orders they obeyed.
- D13.5.29They all are glad of heart and armed for fight;Their fame and glory fill the world with light.”
- D13.5.30The kings of every realm were struck with awe;Their judgment faltered at the might they saw.
- D13.5.31Ambassadors from Hind and Chin appeared;Kings sent their blessings to the Shah they feared.
- D13.5.32They saw that none could counter all his might,And hastened with their tribute, paid outright.
- D13.5.33They all accepted service to his throne,And gathered slaves and treasure of their own.
- D13.5.34With golden gorzes and with golden crowns,The envoys crossed the roads from many towns.
- D13.5.35They reached the court-gate of Iran’s great lord,And brought the tribute their own kings had stored.
- D13.5.36The court shone out like Paradise: it teemedWith gold and slaves; its gate with envoys streamed.
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