Vis and Ramin

138 VISRAMIANI
156 pillow. |
those five months he roamed in the lands.
During
His comrade was grief, and his banquet journeying. A
big stone beat his heart, and much blood poured from his
eyes. When he was roaming on his pathless way or rested
somewhere alone, he wept so much that his clothes were
drenched. He said thus :
" What shall I do? Lo, where is my army, my countless
treasure, gold, and wealth? For my heart's sake I
have abandoned all and suffer. Now I have neither heart
nor royalty ; I remain loverless and realmless. At such a
time even death is pleasant. In seeking her, when I have
taken one step forward, so to say, straightway I lacked a
limb. Grief is added to me so that my soul has become a
weariness to me. A wind of iron, 1 as it were, strikes me,
and the earth beneath my feet is fire. If I see not the fair
2
one, all will seem to me like a dragon. My heart is like
a cloud, and the air its pursuer. From bitterness my
strength is gone forth from me. If I had not fallen in
love in my old days
it would have been better and more
seemly. I cannot contain so much sorrow and love to-
gether. In such grief a young ripe man becomes old ;
what chance 3 is there for an old man like me ? I have
the earth that from it I have
met such a Paradise upon
4
seen hell to be goodly. This grieves me most, that when
I hear the ill done by her I become more mad for her ;
when I look into 6 6
her narcissus (eyes) my love is increased,
pleased me.
Mine eyes are blinded by love for her, and my heart is out
of sorts. 7 To me there seems no more joy in the world.
157 as if I loved her shame, as if her evil | deeds
Before I loved I was powerful and prudent in all deeds,
now I am enfeebled and become so that I understand not
what is bad and what is good. My former glory has passed
away in vain, love for my friend has fleeted, the wind has
taken away my gains, fire has burned my heart ! Now in
1 ? blast from hot iron. 2 Gvelveshapad ; veshapi, 151.
3 Ghone, 79.
8 Movt'hualne.
4 T'hualad, 109. B., 1055.
Nargisni, 173. B., 151, 897, 954, 1432. Ugunebo.