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The Crown Hung Above the Unborn King
Book D7 · The Early Sasanians

The Crown Hung Above the Unborn King

From D7.18, The Reign of Hormizd, Son of Narsi. It illustrates D7.18.27–31:

  • D7.18.27
    The Mobad saw, within the women’s place,A maid with tulip cheeks and moon-bright face.
  • D7.18.28
    Her lashes curved like khanjars Kabul made;Like Babylonian script, her curls were laid.
  • D7.18.29
    Her chain-like locks were twisted, wound, and spread,All intertwined and knotted on her head.
  • D7.18.30
    Within her womb she bore the royal seed,The realm took heart from what had been decreed.
  • D7.18.31
    Above her head they hung the royal crown,And on it showered gold and dirhams down.
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