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Goosh-bistar Is Brought Before Iskandar

Goosh-bistar Is Brought Before Iskandar

From D5.34, Iskandar Finds the Treasure of Kay Khosrow. It illustrates D5.34.10–15:

  • D5.34.10
    A wild man came, all clothed in matted hair,With elephantine ears spread through the air.
  • D5.34.11
    His skin beneath the hair was indigo,And all the soldiers stared from head to toe.
  • D5.34.12
    The chiefs, amazed, took hold of him to bringHim by sheer force before their mighty king.
  • D5.34.13
    Iskandar watched him with a keen surprise,And called on God at what had met his eyes.
  • D5.34.14
    “What sort of man are you? What is your name?What do you seek at sea? Declare your aim.”
  • D5.34.15
    He said: “My parents named me at my birth:Goosh-bistar is the name I bear on earth.”

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