Vis and Ramin

THE WEDDING OF VIS AND HER BROTHER 23
him all gnashed their teeth in sorrow, and said :
" How did
Shahro dare to unite the wife of so great a monarch to
another man ? or how did Viro dare to wed her ?" The
magnates whispered to one another.
There was a conversation among the soldiers :
"
Henceforth
the house of Shahro, Qaran, and Viro is laid waste,
henceforth the sun and moon no longer lighten their land.
Now will Shahro so hate Viro that he will seem as one
with whom she hath a blood feud, no longer as a son.
The eye (?fate) of the house and abode of Qaran and
Shahro is fallen (? gone)."
The magnates of Moabad had 1 a secret (colloquy), 2 and
they said: "Not only their house and dwelling shall be
laid waste, but many other women shall be widowed ! Shah
Moabad's anger will burn them up so that their dust and
ashes no longer remain! Such a cloud will rest upon
their land that the rain which flows from it shall be death !
The preacher 8 has cried by the decree of God on them that
Yoaruan's possessions are Vaaman's. 4 A rain of misfortune
shall come upon their land ! Blessed is he who is not near
them ! Much blood boils in their members, and the hearts
of many are beating hard."
In this manner spoke Moabad's magnates and warriors
one to another. Moabad's heart burned with the fire of
thought, and he could not stand still in one place. And
he called at that instant scribes, and from his heart he
threw up words like gall. And he wrote everywhere to all
the monarchs and magnates a letter, | and complained of 26
Shahro how Shahro had outraged religion and broken
her oath.
And those who were sent went everywhere swifter than
"
the wind. Let us assemble, let us fit out against them
a campaign from Tabristan, Jorjan, Deistan, 5 Khuarazm,*
nndaqe. For qe cf. Rusthavcli, 76, 610, and Hugo Schuchardl'n
GeorgUche qc." Schuchardt ay it b a plural sign.
3
Khtuuhiadi, 07.
3 Afafutoman Arabic : speaker, crier.
? 6. It., 880, 405, 407, 1548.