Explore "Shahnameh" by Abolqasem Ferdowsi on Textopian. Read with annotations and highlights.
When Khosrow Parviz had been a fearless young man, in the period while his father was still alive, he had loved Shirin, and had cherished her more than his own sight. In all the world only Shirin pleased him, and he had eyes for no other beautiful women, or for the daughters of the nobility. But then his time was taken up with traveling about the world, and by his battles with Bahram; he seemed to have forsaken his love, and the beautiful Shirin wept day and night for him.
Khosrow Parviz Goes Hunting, Meets with Shirin, and Takes Her to His Harem