Of Ferdoosee. A5 
And in him the coufidence and joy of the hero. 
The courser of the warrior shall fly before 
him in the battle, 
And he shall bruise the faces of the tigers of 
war; 
And the heroes, bold as lions, and furious as 
elephants, 
Shall vanish from before his weighty club; 
And in his time joy shall be to the kingdom, 
And his name shall ever be coupled with 
renown. (17) 
On hearing this prophecy of the future 
greatness of his grandson, Saum becomes 
reconciled to the marriage, but writes to 
Zaul to delay the celebration of it until he 
has been to the court of Manucheher, and 
obtained the consent of the king. Zaul, trans- 
ported with joy, immediately sends the letter 
to Roodabah. The messenger, on her return, 
is espied by Seendocht, and the secret cor- 
respondence of the lovers is discovered. The 
interview between the mother and daughter 
is thus described by the poet. 
Then she entered into the pavilion, 
Full of care and sorrow and anxiety ; 
(17) This and all the descriptions of the character of Rustam in the 
Shah-nameb put the reader strongly in mind of the Grecian Hercules. 
