Vis and Ramin

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THB UNION OF RAMIN AND VIS
WHEN a good and prosperous year comes, in the spring-time
even it is evident, so Vis and Ramin's affair was successful
in its beginning. When Vis looked with love on Ramin,
and the smith l of Fate wiped off from her heart the rust of
enmity, although she had seen much grief and heartache in
love, they rejoiced exceedingly together. That same week
they were united, for the wind blows nowhere without
(God's) will.
Shah Moabad removed from Khuarasan and turned his
face, with his camp and guards, 2 towards Khuarasan
(? Gurgan) ; from Gurgan he went to Koistan, and from
Kistan he went to Re, and tarried a time. In his lands
he busied himself with affairs of state and hunted. Ramin
remained in Khuarasan, in Marav, on the pretext that he
was sick. His brother entrusted to him his place, throne,
and land, and bade him be just and subservient. The
Shahinshah went away from the city of Marav, and Vis,
Ramin, and the nurse remained in Marav.
On the first day the sun-faced Vis sat at her ease, rosy
and fragrant in the lofty queen's court, which was from top
to bottom painted in gold.
There were in that court three
doors, one leading into the great palace, one into the garden,
and one to the lower road. Vis sat like the sun on the
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throne, from prettiness and joy | she
satisfaction. From head to foot she was decked in jewels
and pearls, and by Vis's beauty every fair one was made
hideous. A hundred thousand roses bloomed on her face,
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Znncali. Nobat' hta (1OX
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