Xlvii. Here Is The Marriage Of Avt'handil : * XLVII HERE IS THE MARRIAGE OF AVT'HANDIL AND T'HINAT'HIN BY THE KING OF THE ARABS 1525That day Avt'handil sits as lord and is high king; tendernesses beautify Tariel who sits with him. Nestan-Djar, the amazer of onlookers, is with T'hinat'hin; it is as if heaven had bent down to earth, (and) two...
Vi. Tariel Tells The Tale Of His Falling : * VI TARIEL TELLS THE TALE OF HIS FALLING IN LOVE WHEN HE FIRST FELL IN LOVE 328When he had wept for some time he again began to tell his tale: "One day the king and I had come home from the chase, and he said: 'Let us see my daughter!' p. 54 [paragraph continues] He took me by the hand.... Does...
Appendices. Appendix Iii. Groups Of References : * APPENDIX III GROUPS OF REFERENCES [The references are far from being exhaustive; but with the help of the footnotes to the translation they may be of use.] ("a") Persons. ("b") Places. ("c") Fauna. ("d") Flora. ("e") Minerals. ("f") Astronomy. ("g") Religion. ("h") Islam. ("i") Superstitions...
Xxv. Here Is The Going Of Tariel And Avt'handil : * XXV HERE IS THE GOING OF TARIEL AND AVT'HANDIL TO THE CAVE, AND THEIR SEEING OF ASMAT'H 894Avt'handil also wept with him and shed tears. He said: "Be patient, die not, rend not altogether thy heart. God will be merciful in this, though sorrow hath not shunned thee; if He had willed to part you...
Xli. Avt'handil's Departure From Gulansharo : * XLI AVT'HANDIL'S DEPARTURE FROM GULANSHARO, AND HIS MEETING WITH TARIEL 1303Avt'handil has crossed the seas in a certain ship for travellers. He rides glad-hearted all alone. To meet Tariel with such tidings rejoices him. With hands uplifted, with his heart he hopes in God. 1304Summer was come...
Xxxvi. The Story Of The Capture Of Nestan Daredjan : * XXXVI THE STORY OF THE CAPTURE OF NESTAN-DAREDJAN BY THE KADJIS, TOLD BY P'HATMAN TO AVT'HANDIL 1191Woe, O Fate, in falsehood thou art like Satan, none can know aught of thine, where thy treachery is. That face apparent as a sun--where hast thou it hidden? Whither hast thou taken it? Therefore I...
Xvi. Tariel's Aid To P'hridon, And Their : * XVI TARIEL'S AID TO P'HRIDON, AND THEIR VICTORY OVER THEIR FOES 596"He was healed, and able to fight and use horse and armour. We prepared galleys and the number of a host of troops; it needed a man to pray (to God) for some aid p. 95 for those who gazed upon them.--Now will I tell thee of th...
Xviii. The Story Of Avt'handil's Return : * XVIII THE STORY OF AVT'HANDIL'S RETURN TO ARABIA AFTER HE HAD FOUND AND PARTED FROM TARIEL 654When he was gone thence sadness was surely slaying him; he scratched his face, he rent the rose (of his cheeks), his hand he shortened; all the beasts licked p. 104 up the blood that flowed from him...
Xii. Letter Of Nestan Daredjan Written : * XII LETTER OF NESTAN-DAREDJAN WRITTEN TO HER BELOVED 477"She gave me a letter, I gazed on it; it was from the light of the face of the lands. She wrote: 'I have seen the loveliness of thy gemlike brilliancy; fair wert thou returned from battle, after urging on thy horse; not ill seems to me...
Xxxix. The Letter Written : * XXXIX THE LETTER WRITTEN BY NESTAN-DAREDJAN TO HER BELOVED 1269"Now will I, sobbing, weeping, write to my beloved; by the tear of that one who burns him is a man's fire quenched." She wrote a letter piercing the heart of the hearers. She splits the rose (opens her mouth); there appears...
Xxi. The Testament Of Avt'handil To King : * XXI THE TESTAMENT OF AVT'HANDIL TO KING ROSTEVAN WHEN HE STOLE AWAY 769He sat down to write the will, thus piteously inditing: "O king! I have stolen away in quest of him I must seek. I cannot remain sundered from him, the p. 123 kindler of my fires. Forgive me and be merciful to me like as God...
Iii. Avt'handil's Letter To His Vassals : * III AVT'HANDIL'S LETTER TO HIS VASSALS 164 He wrote as follows: "My vassals, my instructors and some my pupils, faithful, trusty and tried, attentive to my behests like shadows, hearken to my letter all assembled! 165 "Give ear! I, Avt'handil, earth beneath your feet, write this unto you; with...
Xxiii. King Rostevan Hears Of Avt'handil's : * XXIII KING ROSTEVAN HEARS OF AVT'HANDIL'S SECRET FLIGHT 795When he saw the vizier arrived with reverence in the hall of audience, Rosten said: "I recall not what thou saidst yesterday; thou didst annoy and enrage me, for a long time I could not compose my soul, therefore did I scold thee, vizier...
Xl. Avt'handil's Letter To P'hridon : * XL AVT'HANDIL'S LETTER TO P'HRIDON 1294He wrote: "Exalted P'hridon, supremely blest, king of kings, lion-like in stout-heartedness, O sun, recklessly shedding rays, mighty, joyous, spiller of the blood of foes--thy youngest brother from far, far away barks thee a greeting. 1295"I have seen...
V. The Telling Of His Tale : * V THE TELLING OF HIS TALE BY TARIEL WHEN HE FIRST TOLD IT TO AVT'HANDIL 300"Hearken, give heed to the hearing of my tidings, discourses and deeds such that I can scarce utter them! She who maddens me, for whom I am overpowered by melancholy, for whom flow streams of blood, from her I never...
Ix. Tariel Writes A Letter And Sends A M : * IX TARIEL WRITES A LETTER AND SENDS A MAN TO THE KHATAVIANS 373"I sent a man to Khatavet'hi and a letter from me; I wrote: 'The king of the Indians is of a truth powerful from God; every hungry soul of those faithful to him is p. 61 sated; whosoever is disobedient will have himself to blame...
I. Story Of Rostevan, King Of The Arabians : * I STORY OF ROSTEVAN, KING OF THE ARABIANS 32 There was in Arabia Rostevan, a king by the grace of God, happy, exalted, generous, modest, lord of many hosts and knights, just and gracious, powerful, far-seeing, himself a peerless warrior, moreover fluent in speech: 33 No other child had the king...
Xliii. The Council Of P'hridon, Avt'handil : * XLIII THE COUNCIL OF P'HRIDON, AVT'HANDIL AND TARIEL AS TO THE ASSAULT ON THE CASTLE OF KADJET'HI 1369P'hridon said: "I will speak a word, I think I am not at fault: We are few, the city is only expugnable by many; we have not strength for a direct attack--this is no time for boasting...
Xlv. The Wedding Of Tariel And Nestan : * p. 235 XLV THE WEDDING OF TARIEL AND NESTAN BY P'HRIDON 1439He placed for the maid and the youth a throne white and coral-hued, prettily sprinkled with red and yellow gems; for Avt'handil one of mingled yellow and black; they came, they sat down. The spectators, I ween, were impatient for them...
Xxiv. Avt'handil's Second Departure And Meeting : * XXIV AVT'HANDIL'S SECOND DEPARTURE AND MEETING WITH TARIEL 811When the moon is far from the sun, distance makes her 1 bright; when she is near, his ray consumes her--she is repelled, she cannot approach. But sunlessness dries up the rose and lessens its colour. Not seeing the beloved renews...
Appendices. Appendix I. Translation : * p. 260 p. 261 APPENDIX I AN ENGLISH RENDERING OF THE RUSSIAN TRANSLATION BY PROFESSOR MARR OF THE INTRODUCTORY QUATRAINS OF "THE MAN IN THE PANTHER'S SKIN" ("TEKSTY," T. XII., PP. 7-9). [The numbers given in round brackets are those of the strophes in the preceding translation.] Gon AND THE KING...
Xxxiv. Here Is The Slaying Of The Chachnagir : * XXXIV HERE IS THE SLAYING OF THE CHACHNAGIR AND HIS TWO GUARDS BY AVT'HANDIL 1093That youth lay alone in his chamber with angry heart. Bloody-handed Avt'handil, strong in stature, entered, he gave him no time to rise, privily he slew him, we could not have perceived it; he laid hold of him...
Xxvi. Of The Going Of Avt'handil To P'hridon's : * XXVI OF THE GOING OF AVT'HANDIL TO P'HRIDON'S WHEN HE MET HIM AT MULGHAZANZAR 931Alas! O world (Fate), what ails thee? Why dost thou whirl us round? What (? ill) habit afflicts thee? All who trust in thee weep ceaselessly like me. Whence and whither earnest thou? Where and whence uprootest thou...
Xxxii. The Letter Of Love Written : * XXXII THE LETTER OF LOVE WRITTEN BY P'HATMAN TO AVT'HANDIL 1063"O sun, since it pleased God to create thee a sun, thus a joy and not a desirer of woes to them removed from thee, a burner of those near united, a consumer of them with fire, thy glance seems sweet to the planets, a thing to be...
Xv. The Story Of Nuradin P'hridon When Tariel : * XV THE STORY OF NURADIN P'HRIDON WHEN TARIEL MET HIM ON THE SEASHORE 574"I landed by night; I came ashore where gardens were seen. It seemed as if there were a city; we came near, on one side the rocks were hollowed out. The sight of men gave me no pleasure; brands were imprinted on my heart. I...
Xxii. Avt'handil's Prayer In The Mosque : * XXII AVT'HANDIL'S PRAYER IN THE MOSQUE, AND HIS FLIGHT 790He prayed and said: "Great God of earths and heavens, who sometimes punishest, sometimes art ready to reward, Unknowable and Unspeakable, Lord of lordships, give me to endure longings, O ruler of heart-utterances! 791"God, God, I beseech...
Xxxviii. The Letter Written : * p. 205 XXXVIII THE LETTER WRITTEN BY NESTAN-DAREDJAN TO P'HATMAN 1262"I, the sun-faced, write: O dame, O mother, better than a mother to me! See what the world (Fate) hath done to me its thrall! Alas! there is added to those griefs of mine still another! Now that I have seen thy missive it hath...
Xxviii. Avt'handil's Departure From P'hrid : * XXVIII AVT'HANDIL'S DEPARTURE FROM P'HRIDON TO SEEK NESTAN-DAREDJAN 1004The knight speaks as he goes on his way (majestically) like the full moon; there is the thought of T'hinat'hin to gladden his heart. He says: "I am far from thee; alas! the falseness of cursed Fate! Thou hast the healing...
Xxxvii. Letter Written : * XXXVII LETTER WRITTEN BY P'HATMAN TO NESTAN-DAREDJAN 1248P'hatman writes: "O star, heavenly sun of the world, consumer and griever of all them that are afar from thee, elegant and eloquent in words, lovely, fair-tongued, crystal and ruby both welded in one! 1249"Though thou gayest me not to hear...
Xxx. Avt'handil's Arrival At P'hatman's : * XXX AVT'HANDIL'S ARRIVAL AT P'HATMAN'S; HER RECEPTION OF HIM AND HER JOY 1054P'hatman, Usen's wife, met him in front of the door, joyful she saluted him, she showed her pleasure; they greeted each other, they went in and seated themselves. As I have observed, his coming annoyed not Dame P'hatm...
X. The Letter Written : * p. 63 X THE LETTER WRITTEN BY THE KING OF THE KHATAVIANS IN ANSWER TO TARIEL 387"He wrote: 'I, Ramaz the king, write a letter to thee Tariel. I marvelled at what was written in the letter penned by thee. How dost thou summon thither me who am lord over many peoples! I will look at no other...
Xxix. The Story Of Avt'handil's Arrival : * XXIX THE STORY OF AVT'HANDIL'S ARRIVAL IN GULANSHARO 1039Avt'handil crossed the sea; with stately form went he. They saw a city engirt by a thicket of garden, with wondrous kinds of flowers of many and many a hue. In p. 168 what way canst thou understand the loveliness of that land! 1040With...
Xxxv. P'hatman Tells Avt'handil The Story : * XXXV P'HATMAN TELLS AVT'HANDIL THE STORY OF NESTAN-DAREDJAN 1099"In this city it is a rule that on New Year's Day no merchant trades, none sets out on a journey; we all straightway begin to deck and beautify ourselves; the sovereigns make a great court banquet. 1100"We great merchants are bound...
Xxxiii. Avt'handil's Letter In Answer : * p. 174 XXXIII AVT'HANDIL'S LETTER IN ANSWER TO P'HATMAN'S 1073"Thou hast written to me; I have read thy letter in praise of me. Thou hast anticipated me, but the burning of the fire (of love) afflicts me more than thee. Thou wishest, I too want thy company uninterrupted. Our union is agreed...
Appendices. Appendix Ii. Bibliographical Note : * APPENDIX II BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE THE following is a list of some books and pamphlets collected by the translator, and now the property of the Bodleian Library, Oxford. TEXT. KING VAKHTANG'S edition in quarto, with a commentary. The "editio princeps". Tiflis, 1712. A defective copy. D. CHUBINOV'S...
Xx. Avt'handil's Discourse With Shermad : * XX AVT'HANDIL'S DISCOURSE WITH SHERMADIN WHEN HE STOLE AWAY 755The sun-faced, dispenser of light, speaks to Shermadin and says: "This day is hope, the comforter of my heart, that thou wilt show what thou canst do for me." It needs a reader and a listener for the praise of this story of them...
Viii. Tariel's Letter In Answer To His Beloved : * VIII TARIEL'S LETTER IN ANSWER TO HIS BELOVED 487"I wrote: 'O sun! thy ray beaming forth from thee struck my heart; my alertness and boldness are brought to nought; mad for thee, I have perceived thy beauty and loveliness; with what service can I pay thee in exchange for life?' 488"'Then when...
Xvii. P'hridon Tells Tariel Tidings Of Nest : * XVII P'HRIDON TELLS TARIEL TIDINGS OF NESTAN-DAREDJAN 605"One day the king and I went forth to the chase; we climbed upon a cape jutting out into the sea. P'hridon said to me: 'I will tell thee how, when we were out riding for sport, I once saw a wonderful thing from this cape.' 606"I bade him...
Xix. Avt'handil's Request To King Rostev : * p. 113 XIX AVT'HANDIL'S REQUEST TO KING ROSTEVAN, AND THE VIZIER'S DISCOURSE AND ENTREATY 710When day dawned the knight arrayed himself and went forth early. He says: "I would that my love be not revealed, that I may conceal it!" For patience he prays: "Contrive something for my heart!"...
Introductory Quatrains : * p. 1 THE MAN IN THE PANTHER'S SKIN INTRODUCTORY QUATRAINS 1 HE who created the firmament, by that mighty power made beings inspired from on high with souls celestial; to us men He has given the world, infinite in variety we possess it; from Him is every monarch in His likeness. 2 O one God! Thou...
Xxvii. Of Avt'handil's Going To P'hridon's : * XXVII OF AVT'HANDIL'S GOING TO P'HRIDON'S WHEN HE PARTED FROM TARIEL 948Weeping the knight went seventy days along the road to the seashore. Afar off he saw in the sea sailors approaching; he waited and asked: "Who are you, I beg you to tell me this: Whose realm is this or whose voice doth it...
Title Page : * "ORIENTAL TRANSLATION FUND" NEW SERIES VOL. XXI. THE MAN IN THE PANTHER'S SKIN A ROMANTIC EPIC BY SHOT'HA RUST'HAVELI A CLOSE RENDERING FROM THE GEORGIAN ATTEMPTED BY MARJORY SCOTT WARDROP LONDON PUBLISHED BY THE ROYAL ASIATIC SOCIETY 22, ALBEMARLE STREET, W. [1912] NOTICE OF ATTRIBUTION Scanned...
Viii. First Letter Written : * VIII FIRST LETTER WRITTEN BY TARIEL TO HIS BELOVED 367"With mine eyes I gazed upon the letter written by her. I wrote in answer: 'O moon, how indeed can the sun surpass thee! May God not give me that which is not like thee! I feel as in a dream; I cannot believe in my survival.' p. 60 368"I said...
Vii. First Letter Written : * p. 59 VII FIRST LETTER WRITTEN BY NESTAN-DAREDJAN TO HER LOVER 363"I saw the letter; it was from her for whom fire consumes my heart. The sunbeam wrote: 'O lion! let not thy wound appear. I am thine. Die not, but I hate vain fainting. Now Asmat'h tells thee all that is spoken by me. 364"'Pitiful...
Xlvi. Tariel Goes Again To The Cave And Sees : * XLVI TARIEL GOES AGAIN TO THE CAVE AND SEES THE TREASURE 1468This hidden thing Divnos the sage reveals: "God sends good, He creates no evil, He shortens the bad to a moment, He renews (? repeats) the good continuously (? for a long time), His perfect self He makes more perfect, He degrades not...
Ii. How The King Of The Arabians Saw : * II HOW THE KING OF THE ARABIANS SAW THE KNIGHT CLAD IN THE PANTHER'S SKIN 84 They saw a certain stranger knight; he sat weeping on the bank of the stream, he held his black horse by the rein, he looked like a lion and a hero; his bridle, armour and saddle were thickly bedight with pearls;...
Xi. Letter Of Tariel To The King Of The Indians : * XI LETTER OF TARIEL TO THE KING OF THE INDIANS WHEN HE TRIUMPHED OVER THE KHATAVIANS 448"I wrote a letter: 'O king, great is your good fortune! The Khatavians plotted treachery to me, though it fell on them to their hurt; therefore am I tardy in telling you my true tidings. I have captured...
Synopsis. Synopsis Of The Knight In The Panther's : * SYNOPSIS OF THE KNIGHT IN THE PANTHER'S SKIN BY SHOTA RUSTAVELI by John Bruno Hare Once upon a time, King Rostevan ruled in Arabia. He had one daughter, named T'hinat'hin, who grew up to be as beautiful as the sun. The knight, the commander-in-chief of the Arabian army, Avt'handil was in love...
Xiv. Tariel Hears Tidings Of The Loss : * XIV TARIEL HEARS TIDINGS OF THE LOSS OF NESTAN-DAREDJAN 551"I sent those men. I was mad in mind; since I could learn nought of her I grew more inflamed with grief. I went to look from a wall I had built overlooking the plain. I learned a dreadful thing, though I lost not my head. 552"Two...
Preface : * p. iii PREFACE THIS is an attempt to give a faithful rendering, word by word, of a book which is the mirror of the soul of a cultured people with a great past; the mirror is chipped and tarnished by time and mischance, but the loving labour of scholars may soon renew its lustre and repair some...
Xliv. The Going Of Tariel To The King : * XLIV THE GOING OF TARIEL TO THE KING OF THE SEAS AND TO P'HRIDON'S 1404To the presence of the King of the Seas he sent a messenger (of good tidings); he bade him announce: "I, Tariel, come, vanquisher of foes, their destroyer and slayer; from Kadjet'hi I bring my sun, piercer of me with arrows;...
Iv. Avt'handil Sets Forth In Quest Of Tariel : * p. 30 IV AVT'HANDIL SETS FORTH IN QUEST OF TARIEL 176 Dionosi the wise, Ezros bear me witness in this: It is pitiable when the rose wherewith the ruby of Badakhshan is not to be compared and whereto a reedstem serves as form, becomes covered with rime and frost-bitten; wherever he wanders abroad...
Xlii. Tariel And Avt'handil Go To P'hridon : * XLII TARIEL AND AVT'HANDIL GO TO P'HRIDON 1350When day dawned they set out; they took Asmat'h with them. Till they came to Nuradin's land they mounted her behind them; there a merchant gave them a horse for a price in gold, he made not a gift of it. As guide Avt'handil sufficed; whom else need...
Xxxi. P'hatman Becomes Enamoured Of Avt'handil : * XXXI P'HATMAN BECOMES ENAMOURED OF AVT'HANDIL; WRITES HIM A LETTER AND SENDS IT 1059Better, for him who can bear it, is aloofness from woman; she plays with thee and pleases thee, she wins thee over and trusts thee; but in a trice she betrays thee, she cuts whatever pierces; so a secret should...
