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Wine at the Gardener's Table

Wine at the Gardener's Table

From D8.1.5, Shapur Is Freed by a Clever Damsel. It illustrates D8.1.5.71–82:

  • D8.1.5.71
    Then Shah Shapur and she, a wayworn pair,Dismounted, glad of roof and humble fare.
  • D8.1.5.72
    The gardener’s wife made food as she was able;They ate their bread beside her simple table.
  • D8.1.5.73
    When bread was eaten, they turned next to wine,Within a modest chamber’s plain design.
  • D8.1.5.74
    He brought the wine and raised the brimming cup;Released from hide, the Shah’s glad heart rose up.
  • D8.1.5.75
    The gardener set wine before his guest,And said, “Drink now to one you love the best.”
  • D8.1.5.76
    Shapur replied, “Good friend, both wise and good,Your speech is just and rightly understood.
  • D8.1.5.77
    The elder who has brought the wine should start,For age and wisdom earn the foremost part.
  • D8.1.5.78
    You are my elder, and the wine is yours;So drink before me here within your doors.”
  • D8.1.5.79
    The gardener said, “Great sir, the man of graceShould drink before the elder of this place.
  • D8.1.5.80
    Though you are young, your wisdom shines so clear,That age and insight in your words appear.
  • D8.1.5.81
    Your face bestows the beauty crowns would wear;The scent of musk comes wafting from your hair.”
  • D8.1.5.82
    Shapur smiled, took the wine, and from his breastHe drew a chilly sigh of grief suppressed.

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