The second is King August’s servant true. He waits to bear the message of the king, Who said, “O lightning-speeding messenger, Now hie thee swift to yonder rose garden, And to the king who rules there stoutly speak With thy warm breath and with thy violent speech. Stir up fierce fire within that little realm, For from thy mouth does fire like rain descend, Thy tongue can scatter devastation round. Take care thou speak not gently to the king, Take care that not too furiously thou speak. Say to him: “Thou to ruin doomed, keep still, For soon my fury burns thee up with fire. For what permission has been given to thee To reign in peace amid this rose garden Without a fear for my o’ermastering might, Without a thought upon the season’s rage? Wilt thou not listen to the word which tells Of the resplendent lightning of my rage? Take to thy mind and in thy brain revolve How thou mayst save thy country from my drought. Surrender like a slave thy throne and crown, And stand outside the threshold of my gate. Give up thy realm, withdraw thy hand from it, And thus win peace and pardon for the land. But if thou art rebellious to my will, And dost not yield to me thy land and throne, Be sure of this, that on thy luckless head Swift ruin shall descend without reprieve.” When Samum took this message from the king Swift as a storm he hurried on his way, He blighted every meadow land he crossed, And found his journey’s end in Gulistan. XL SAMUM ARRIVES AT THE TOWN OF ROSE GARDEN AND GIVES TO THE MONARCH OF SPRING THE MESSAGE OF FIERCE KING AUGUST