{"collection":"Islam","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/isl/saab/saab09.htm","path":"isl/saab/saab09.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/isl/saab/saab09.htm","text":"Salaman and Absal, by Jami, tr. Edward Fitzgerald, [1904]\nThe Sage his Satire ended; and The Shah\n With Magic-mighty Wisdom his pure Will\n Leaguing, its Self-fulfilment wrought from Heaven.\n And Lo! from Darkness came to Light A Child,\n Of Carnal Composition Unattaint,\u2014\n A Rosebud blowing on the Royal Stem,\u2014\n A Perfume from the Realm of Wisdom wafted;\n The Crowning Jewel of the Crown; a Star\n Under whose Augury triumph\u2019d the Throne.\n For whose Auspicious Name they clove the Words\n \"Sal\u00e1mat\"\u2014Incolumity from Evil\u2014\n And \"Ausem\u00e1n\"\u2014the Heav\u2019n from which he came\n And hail\u2019d him by the title of Sal\u00e1m\u00e1n.\n And whereas from no Mother Milk he drew,\n They chose for him a Nurse\u2014her name Abs\u00e1l\u2014\n Her Years not Twenty\u2014from the Silver Line\n Dividing the Musk-Harvest of her Hair\n Down to her Foot that trampled Crowns of Kings,\n A Moon of Beauty Full; who thus elect\n Sal\u00e1m\u00e1n of Auspicious Augury\n Should carry in the Garment of her Bounty,\nShould feed Him with the Flowing of her Breast.\n As soon as she had opened Eyes on him\n She closed those Eyes to all the World beside,\n And her Soul crazed, a-doting on her Jewel,\n Her Jewel in a Golden Cradle set;\n Opening and shutting which her Day's Delight,\n To gaze upon his Heart-inflaming Cheek,\n Upon the Darling whom, could she, she would\n Have cradled as the Baby of her Eye.\n In Rose and Musk she wash\u2019d him\u2014to his Lips\n Press\u2019d the pure Sugar from the Honeycomb;\n And when, Day over, she withdrew her Milk,\n She made, and having laid him in, his Bed,\n Burn\u2019d all Night like a Taper o\u2019er his Head.\nThen still as Morning came, and as he grew,\n She dress\u2019d him like a Little Idol up;\n On with his Robe\u2014with fresh Collyrium Dew\n Touch\u2019d his Narcissus Eyes\u2014the Musky Locks\n Divided from his Forehead\u2014and embraced\n With Gold and Ruby Girdle his fine Waist.\u2014\nSo rear\u2019d she him till full Fourteen his Years,\n Fourteen-day full the Beauty of his Face,\n That rode high in a Hundred Thousand Hearts;\n Yea, when Sal\u00e1m\u00e1n was but Half-lance high,\n Lance-like he struck a wound in every One,\n And burn\u2019d and shook down Splendour like a Sun.","title":"Salaman and Absal: Sal\u00e1m\u00e1n and Abs\u00e1l: VII","type":"page"}