
Caesar's Farewell to Maryam
From E6.21, Caesar Sends Aid and a Bride. It illustrates E6.21.29–39:
- E6.21.29The star-reader was summoned to adviseWhen they should march beneath propitious skies.
- E6.21.30On Bahram day great Caesar led the way,With happy omens blessing their array.
- E6.21.31Three stages Caesar rode beside the train;The fourth, he halted there, and drew his rein.
- E6.21.32He bade fair Maryam come and spoke at length,With tender counsel, fatherly in strength:
- E6.21.33“Keep, dearest child, your girdle round your waistTill you reach Iran, guarded, pure, and chaste.
- E6.21.34Let Khosrow never see your body bare,Lest some new matter take you unaware.”
- E6.21.35He said farewell with tenderness and care:“May heaven shield you safely everywhere.”
- E6.21.36Caesar had one brave brother, strong and wise,Niyatus, honored under Roman skies.
- E6.21.37He said, “Fair Maryam is your blood and race;In Faith and kinship, guard her life and grace.
- E6.21.38I charge you with these legions and this wealth,With her fair safety, honor, peace, and health.”
- E6.21.39Niyatus took the charge without delay;Then Caesar turned in tears and rode away.
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