Vis and Ramin

VIS PITIES RAMIX 815
" There is such snow and frost that even I indoors die of
ic ! cloud, shame on thee for weeping on Ramin's head !
Thou hast made his rose-colour saffron, 1 and his finger-
nails blue. 2 But thou pitiest us both, and therefore weepest.
Since it hurts him, snow not, cloud ; rest a little ; add not
to my grief ! wind, how long wilt thou blow ? Be calm
a little. Art thou not that wind which, with his fragrance,
perfumed the whole earth? Now, why dost thou not
pity his body in such cold him from whose form the
narcissi 3 and lilies 4
beg for perfume? rich sea, however
rich thou art, still art thou Ramin's slave. Though
thou hast many pearls, thou art not generous like Ramin.
Now find fine weather 6 for that lord 6 of cavaliers 7
by
means of that cloud by which thou didst send rain. Thine
armour 8 is rain and snow, and his arms 8 are trenchant.
| If thou wilt not deliver him this night, he will dry
with the dust of his hosts. Hey ! hey ! How
thoughtless
and shameless am I, that I am seated comfortably in the
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palace, and have left his tender 9 form in the snow and
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blast ! Ramin's face and form are now a yellowish-white
rose, and scab 11 of the rose-tree is always cold."
Then her heart could bear it no longer, and she went to
the window. 12 From her beams the earth was wholly
illuminated.
1
Zap'hrani, 280. R , 846, etc. Li/a indigo, R., 885.
4
Sosani, 197, 284. R., 72.
Nargisi, 818. R., 151, 897.
*
Dart, 846. Patroni, 286, 242.
7
Tzkhenosani, 818. 8
Abdjari, 846.
'
Nazuki, 288, 294, 857.
10
Buki, 286.
11 Muni itch, mange.
u Sarcumeli, 847.