Letter of Nestan-Daredjan Written to Her Beloved
492	"SHE gave me a letter, I gazed on it; it was from the light of the face of the lands. She wrote: 'I have the loveliness of thy gem-like brilliancy; fair wert thou returned from battle, after urging on thy horse; not ill seems to me the cause of the flow of my tears.
493	"IF God hath given me my tongue it befits me to use it for thy praise; dead for thy sake I can by no means speak, for lacking thee I die. The sun made a little garden of rose and jet, as a garden for the lion; by thy sun, my self pertains to none save thee.
494	"THOUGH thou hast shed a stream of tears yet have they not flowed in vain; henceforth weep no more, put away grief from thee. Those who look upon thee curse unrestrained those who look upon me. Veil me with that which but now was bound round thee.
495	"GIVE me the veils that sometime adorned thee; when thou seest me, thou also shalt be pleased that that which is thine adorns me. Bind on thine arm this bracelet if thou honourest what is mine, and such another night thou shalt not pass as long as thou livest."