52 Life and Writings 
Who is there who would not desire the alli- 
ance of Saum, 
From Awaz even to Kandahar ? 
Then Seendocht said,—O illustrious chief! 
Why should I speak the words of deceit? 
Thy dangers are plainly my dangers, 
And thy sorrowing heart is bound ap in mine. 
For this didst thou see me thoughtful and 
anxious, 
Plunged im sorrow, and joy banished from 
my soul, . 
Yet should this be brought to pass, it were 
not so wonderful, 
That thou should’st regard it as impossible : 
Fereedoon approved the daughters of Arabia ; 
‘The conqueror'of the world saw, and gave 
his consent. 
Mihraub gave ear to the words of Seendocht, 
Bat his heart still boiled with passion ; 
He commanded the Princess to rise, 
And bring Roodabah to his presence, 
But Seendocht was afraid of the lion-hearted 
man, 
Lest he should strike Roodabah to the ‘dust ; 
And that heavenly flower, the ‘pride ‘of the 
garden, 
