Vis and Ramin

CHAPTER XXXII
MOABAD'S CAMPAIGN AGAINST GREECE, AND HIS COMMITTAL OF
VIS AND HER NURSE TO HIS BROTHER ZARD*S CARE
WHEN Shahinshah forgave Vis and Ramin, they were merry
and pleasant. Again there jumped down into their midst
an envious devil, 1 and extinguished the candle of joy and
uprooted the tree of love.
One day there came complainants against Ceisar, king of
the Greeks, 2 saying: "We bring a complaint against a
friend ; he has forsaken thy friendship and is at enmity
with thee. He is become powerful, and has broken his
oath to thee. Many of thy slaves 3 he has fettered and
enthralled. Now a great army is come forth from Greece,
and has laid waste even unto the half of the land of Ran."
| Others who had lost men taken captive 4 came from 178
Ehuarasan. They complained and cast ashes on their
heads, they accused the armies of the king of the Greeks,
and cried out, demanding justice against the injustice of
Fate. Shahinshah became heavy. Immediately he began
to prepare to set out. He called his armies, and made it
known to the kings and magnates, and wrote letters to all
parts. He assembled so great an army that there was not
room for it in the plains. Shahinshah, in collecting his
army, was like the vintage 6 wind : as it leaves no lea! on
the trees, so he left no man un taken by him.
At the time of departure he thought of Vis, how Ramin
loved her, and how they were not sated of each other.
1
Ethma, 44. * Own-, 199.
*
Qma, 174, 184.
4
Tquua up'hatni (?).
Sehul*uU-ot autumn.
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