Vis and Ramin

830 YISRAMIANI
Vis was no longer thy love ? Why didst thou begin a winter
journey without baggage ? Thy stupid heart is thy foe ;
thy reproach will leave no traces on me.
"Well spoke to King Djimshed, 1 his vizier, saying: 'Go
neither joyfully nor sorrowfully to the ignorant.' Formerly,
when thou wast neither king nor general, 2 then day and
night thou didst not resist my counsel; but now, when
thou art become great, thy pennant 3 and banner 4 reach to
heaven, thou art become impudent to all and weary of me.
Thou hast abused and despised me, and now thou seekest
hospitality from me again thou desirest summer in winter.
When thou art comfortable and merry, then thou art not
when the snow and the blast annoy thee, then
376 mine ; | and
art thou come indeed ! . . .
" Cut off hope of me, let me be quit of thee for God's sake,
and free me from thy converse and company !"
1
Djimshed, 8, 130, 140, 301, 438. 2
Spasalari, 450.
3
Alami, 449. E., 390, 923, 1285-6. Marr, IV., rng.
4
Drosha, E., 1016. Marr, IV., me.