Haft Peykar (Seven Beauties)

Saturday story

Chapter two

The basket took me up to the sky & I was scared horribly. I wished I could be back home and forgot my willing. I asked God to save my life but there was no rescue. Finally the basket settled on a mountain at midnight when a big bird appeared. It was a very big bird which its wings were like trees. The air was filled by scent and whenever the bird  scratched itself, the jewel fell on the ground.

I wonder what the reasonable doing was, staying in the basket or taking a flight by that bird. I decided to hug its foot to leave there when it started taking off. My journey took till next morning when the bird landed. It was a green land. I stayed there for an hour suspiciously. I thought: “now I am in a better situation than before”. It is better to walk in this beautiful field full of terrific flowers which smelled their scent from a mile away. It was impossible to describe how nice there was. There was a wonderful view of flowers stretched out to the distance.

I got happy to be there and thanked God. I walked through there, eating fruits & reposed under a tree till evening.

When it got dark it blew a soft wind and clouds came over and rained shortly and softly, so the land get a bit wet like spring weather. Then I saw a crowd of nymphs coming down to the field. They were such beautiful that I became nearly unconscious. Carrying on a candle they started to carpeting & set some thrown there.

I was impatient to join them when suddenly a queen appeared from distance that was surrounded by a crowd of angels. She sat down on her thrown and tolled a maiden that it seems there is a stranger around here, go to fetch him. She started looking for me and as saw me came, took my hand and lead me to the queen. I kept silent and bowed. Then I wanted to stand up among the crowd but she ordered me to take a seat beside her, so I obeyed keenly.

To be continued…