
Wine at the Gardener's Table
From D8.1.5, Shapur Is Freed by a Clever Damsel. It illustrates D8.1.5.71–82:
- D8.1.5.71Then Shah Shapur and she, a wayworn pair,Dismounted, glad of roof and humble fare.
- D8.1.5.72The gardener’s wife made food as she was able;They ate their bread beside her simple table.
- D8.1.5.73When bread was eaten, they turned next to wine,Within a modest chamber’s plain design.
- D8.1.5.74He brought the wine and raised the brimming cup;Released from hide, the Shah’s glad heart rose up.
- D8.1.5.75The gardener set wine before his guest,And said, “Drink now to one you love the best.”
- D8.1.5.76Shapur replied, “Good friend, both wise and good,Your speech is just and rightly understood.
- D8.1.5.77The elder who has brought the wine should start,For age and wisdom earn the foremost part.
- D8.1.5.78You are my elder, and the wine is yours;So drink before me here within your doors.”
- D8.1.5.79The gardener said, “Great sir, the man of graceShould drink before the elder of this place.
- D8.1.5.80Though you are young, your wisdom shines so clear,That age and insight in your words appear.
- D8.1.5.81Your face bestows the beauty crowns would wear;The scent of musk comes wafting from your hair.”
- D8.1.5.82Shapur smiled, took the wine, and from his breastHe drew a chilly sigh of grief suppressed.
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