
Kaydafa's Crown and Seventy-Part Throne
From D5.23, Iskandar and Kaydafa Reach an Agreement. It illustrates D5.23.39–50:
- D5.23.39She took the crown her ancient father wore,From opened vaults, with bracelets, torques, and store.
- D5.23.40It was a crown of such surpassing worth,None there could price its jewels upon the earth.
- D5.23.41She told the envoy: “Priceless is this thing;None else should wear it but that mighty king.
- D5.23.42Since I have judged him worthy of its grace,Above a precious son I give him place.”
- D5.23.43Her throne had seventy parts; a craftsman’s artCould join them all, then take the whole apart.
- D5.23.44Its pieces interlocked in ordered line,With twisted pins to hold the grand design.
- D5.23.45Its feet were dragon-headed; gems aglowAdorned it, worth far more than men could know.
- D5.23.46Four hundred royal gems adorned the throne,Each set to show the splendor of its stone.
- D5.23.47Four hundred rubies, too, were set in place,Their brilliant redness lending it their grace.
- D5.23.48Each weighed two mithqals, each a crimson bead,As red in color as pomegranate seed.
- D5.23.49Four hundred emeralds, pristine, were seen,Like rainbow light in all their shining green.
- D5.23.50The throne filled forty camel-loads; and sheWas vast of heart, like waves upon the sea.
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