Avt'handil's Prayer and His Flight
807	HE 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, 0 ruler of heart-utterances!
808	"GOD, God, I beseech Thee, who govern'st the deeps and heights; Thou didst create love. Thou hast decreed its law; the world has sundered me from mine excellent sun; uproot not the love sowed by her for me!
809	"GOD, God, merciful, I have none beside Thee; from Thee I beg aid on the road, however long I travel; shelter me from the mastery of foes, the turmoil of the seas, the evil one by night! If I survive, T shall serve Thee, I shall offer sacrifice to Thee."
810	WHEN he had prayed, he mounted his horse and privily passed through the gates; he sent back Shermadin, albeit he made great lamentations. The vassal weeps and beats his breast; his blood flowed over the rocks. What can rejoice the vassal deprived of the sight of his lord!
811	NOW will I begin another tale; I will attend the parting knight. There was no audience that day for the wrathful Rostevan. When day dawned he rose sullen; he was as if he poured flame from his face; he commanded the vizier to be called; thither they led him pale with fear.