"O happy, happy Wisa, who dost lie At Rāmin's feet, and with bewitched eye Gazest on him, as partridge doomed to die Its gaze upon the hawk doth concentrate! O happy, happy Wisa, who dost hold Clasped in thy hand the jewelled cup of gold, Filled to the brim with nectar rare and old, Which like thy beauty doth intoxicate! O happy Wisa, whose red lips confess With smiles their love, ere Rāmin's lips they press, Whom with desire's fulfilment Heaven doth bless, And Mubad's fruitless passion doth frustrate!"
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A Literary History of Persia, Vol. 2, p. 275
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Fakhruddin As'ad Gurgani
Fakhruddin As'ad Gurgani (d. 1058) was an 11th-century Persian poet. He versified the story of Vis and Rāmin, a story from the Arsacid (Parthian).
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