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From the Shahnameh	A
Now when Shirwi sat on the goodly throne	B
And donned the royal crown so much desired	C
The leaders of the Iranians each drew near	D
To proffer him the homage due to kings	E
Exclaiming 'Worshipful and honoured Sh h	F
Know God gave thee the crown and now thou sittest	C
Securely on the throne of ivory	G
And may thy sons and scions have the world '	F
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Kub d replied 'Be ever conquering	H
And happy Never will we practice ill	I
How good is justice with benevolence	J
The world will we keep peaceful and cut off	K
The works of Ahriman by every right	C
Ancestral precedent that greateneth	L
The Glory of our Faith I will dispatch	M
A message to my sire and tell him all	N
He is in evil odour in the world	C
Through his ill deeds let him excuse his faults	O
To God and turn to custom and the way	P
If he shall heed me he will not resent	C
My conduct Then will I devote myself	Q
To state affairs and strive to compass justice	R
Both publicly and privily do good	C
Where good is due and break no poor man's heart	C
I need two honest men of goodly speech	S
Whose memories are charged with ancient lore '	-
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He asked the assembly 'Whom shall I employ	T
Who is most shrewd and honest in Iran '	-
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The warriors suggested by their looks	U
Two men of lore if they should give consent	C
Kub d perceived whom the Ir nians	U
Agreed to choose one of them was Asht d	G
The other was Kharr d son of Barzin	B
The old two sages eloquent and heedful	T
Kub d addressed them thus 'O ye wise men	B
Ye chiefs experienced and veteran	B
Deem not the conduct of the world too toilsome	A
Because the Great by travail compass treasure	V
It is for you now to approach the Sh h	-
Perchance through you he may conform himself	Q
Appeal to him by instance new or old	C
As there is need '	-
	-
With tears unwilling	H
Those sages made them ready When Kharr d	G
Son of Barzin and when Asht d who had	C
Gashasp for sire had mounted on their steeds	U
As bidden Kub d said 'Now with right good will	T
'Tis yours to take the road to Taisaf n	B
To carry to my glorious sire a message	W
And bear it all in mind from first to last	C
Say ''Twas no fault of ours nor did the Ir nians	U
Cause this but having left the way of Faith	L
Thou hast thyself incurred God's chastisement	C
for first no son legitimate will shed	C
His sire's blood though impure or give assent	C
Thereto and fill the hearts of upright folk	X
With pain Again thy treasures fill the world	C
And thine exactions reach all provinces	U
While thirdly many horsemen brave and famed	C
Within Ir n who gladdened there have left	C
Son country and their own pure kith and kin	B
Have parted this to Chin and that to R m	A
And now are scattered o'er each march and land	C
Again when Caesar who had done and borne	B
So much for thee had given thee a host	C
And daughter too with treasure and much else	U
Desired of thee the Cross of Christ for R m	A
So that his land might be revived thereby	Y
How did the Cross of Jesus profit so	U
Thy treasures when complaisance on thy part	C
Would have made Caesar glad But thou didst not	C
Restore it hadst not wit enough for that	C
Or one to guide thee to humanity	C
Again thy greed was such that wisdom's eye	Y
Was all obscured in thee and thou didst seize	U
The chattels of the poor whose curses brought	C
Ill on thy head Thou slewest thy mother's brothers	U
Two loyal men who gave thy throne a lustre	V
Moreover thou hadst sixteen sons whose days	U
And nights were passed in prison while no chief	Z
Could sleep secure from thee but hid in fear	D
Know that which hath befall'n thee is from God	C
Reflect on thy foul deeds As for myself	Q
I am but as the instrument in all	T
This wrong am but the heading of the tale	T
By God 'twas not my fault no aim of mine	B
To wreck the Sh h's throne Now for all seek grace	U
And say so to these chieftains of Ir n	B
Turn from ill deeds to God the Guide to good	C
Who may abate the woes that thou hast brought	C
Upon thyself ''	-
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On hearing this the twain	B
Departed with their hearts all seared and sore	A2
Till sorrowful and weeping they arrived	C
At Taisaf n and in that city sought	C
The palace of Mar sipand for there	B2
The exalted king resided Galin sh	S
Sat at the palace gate thou wouldst have said	C
'Earth is convulsed before him ' He was armed	C
In helm and breastplate all the Arab steeds	U
Wore bards and all his soldiers were drawn up	C2
Equipped and sword in hand He grasped a mace	U
Of steel his heart all fire and storm Now when	B
Kharr d son of Barzin and when Asht d	C
Son of Gashasp those ages twain dismounted	C
He rose forthwith rejoiced to look on them	A
And gave them place befitting hailing them	A
As famous chiefs The eloquent Kharr d	C
First laved his tongue in valour and then said	C
To Galin sh 'Kub d the glorious	U
Hath donned in peace the Kaian crown Ir n	B
T ran and R m have tidings that Shirwi	P
Is seated on the throne of king of kings	U
Why this cuirass and helm and massive mace	U
Who is thine enemy '	-
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Said Galin sh	S
'O veteran may all thy doings prosper	V
Thou art concerned about my tender frame	A
Because I am in iron garniture	V
I bless thee for thy kindness thou deservest	C
That I shall sprinkle jewels over thee	C
Thy words are naught but good and may the sun	B
Be thine associate in the world Declare	V
Why thou hast come then look for my reply '	-
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He thus gave answer 'Glorious Kub d	C
Commisioned me to bear Khusrau Parwiz	U
A message and if now thou wilt ask audience	U
I will deliver what the world lord said	C
That monarch of the flock '	-
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Said Galin sh	S
'Who can remember words so well as thou	L
O worshipful yet nathless Sh h Kub d	C
Gave me full many a counsel touching this	U
And charged me saying 'Let none have by day	C
Or night an audience of Khusrau Parwiz	U
Unless thou hearest what the messenger	V
Hath got to say in Persian new or old ''	-
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Asht d said 'I hold not my message secret	C
O fortunate It is 'The sword is fruiting	H
And nuzzling princes' heads ' In this regard	C
Now ask for audience of Khusrau Parwiz	U
That we may tell the message of the Sh h '	-
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This hearing Galin sh arose made fast	C
His mail went to the Sh h with folded arms	U
As servants should and said thus 'Love for ever	V
O Sh h May evil never vex thy heart	C
There cometh by Asht d and by Kharr d	C
Son of Barzin a message from the Sh h	-
From court '	-
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Khusrau Parwiz laughed out and said	C
'Speak wiser words for if he be the king	H
Then what am I and why am I within	B
This narrow prison and why need'st thou ask	D2
That I shall grant an audience unto any	C
Be their words false or true '	-
	-
So Galin sh	S
Returned to those two warriors reported	C
The answer of the paladin and said	C
'Now go with folded arms declare your message	W
And hearken his reply '	-
	-
Those sages twain	B
Of honest speech inswathed their visages	U
In sashes brought from Chin and when they saw	U
The Sh h did reverence and waited long	E2
What while he sat upon a lofty throne	B
Adorned with effigies of sheep and wolves	U
Impleached with gold and gems with under him	A
A couch of yellow broidery He leaned	C
On cushions hued like lapis lazuli	C
Held a fine quince and drowsed there all amort	C
When he beheld those chiefs supreme in wisdom	A
He roused himself and secretly invoked	C
God's help He laid that fine quince on the cushions	U
That he might welcome those two wayfarers	U
The quince slipped from the cusions rolled unbruised	C
Upon the couch and thence from throne to floor	V
Asht d ran took it up wiped off the dust	C
And laid the quince upon his head The world lord	C
Turned from Asht d that he might neither see	U
Nor scent the quince they set it on the throne	B
And stood themselves The matter of the quince	U
Perturbed Khusrau Parwiz who boded ill	T
Looked up to heaven and said 'O truthful Judge	W
Who can establish one whom Thou o'erthrowest	C
Who join what Thou hast broken When bright fortune	B
Departeth from a race it bringeth sorrow	V
Because the day of joy is passed away '	-