Vis and Ramin

THE SIXTH LETTER OF VIS TO RAMIN 271
it can find nowhere escape from following in thy path.
Now it is become to thee a mark, like a target to be aimed
at, and thou shootest at it until pity and repentance come
*
even to thee, and thou : sayest To the seller of misfortune
this is fitting.' They praise the rashi (winged steed), 1 be-
cause in its flight it shot an arrow at Marav, and therefore
they call it Djaangir. 2 Thou piercest me in heart and soul,
from moment to moment, with a thousand adamant- tipped
(arrows) from Gorab to Marav. This name in praise of
prowess befits thee, not the rashi , for from more than a
hundred stadia 3 thou didst shoot an arrow to my slaying,
and equally distant thou didst annoy thy lover.
" What a merciless and hard heart is thine ! By thy so
great wrath thou hast made my face yellow and burned
my heart. I wonder at nothing but this : that in spite of
so much trouble and bitterness unceasingly from thee, yet
I am not consumed away. |
Since
I am neither iron nor 804
stone it is a marvel that I have borne this (state) in which
I am. Thus they say to me :
'
Weep not ;
thou art fallen
sick from too much weeping, and art become thin as a hair.
This becomes one whose hope of seeing the beloved is cut
off ! But dost thou not know how to bring him ?' Surely
from my rain will come forth beloved will come.
fruit, from my tears the
When spring comes, the garden is clad
with roses. Surely my beloved will come, and I shall give
my life for him. And when he goes away from me, instead
of joy I will pour pearls from mine eyes, instead of gold
and carbuncle, 4 I will scatter mine eyes and life. Surely
God will have mercy on me, and I shall see my beloved
one day."
1 Bathi. Cf. Merani (Pegasus), B., 96, 201.
2 Jehangir lord of the world. I do not understand the reference.
> Edji, 254, 268, 267. Anffkraci.