
A celebrated Persian champion awakens to a rare calm in his kingdom, yet the restless spirit of a true hero cannot stay idle. He mounts his trusted steed, tests his bow, and rides out into the wilds, reveling in the thrill of the hunt and the bond he shares with his horse. The landscape bursts with vivid imagery of forests, fire‑lit clearings, and the rhythmic chant of arrows finding their mark.
Soon, a band of foreign raiders swoops in, seizing the prized animal while the hero sleeps beneath a quiet brook. Awakened to find his companion gone, he feels the loss keenly, his mind racing between anger and determination. With his armor glinting and his resolve hardening, he vows to track the thieves through unfamiliar terrain, setting the stage for a perilous quest that will test his courage, cunning, and the very essence of his legend.
Language
de
Duration
~3 hours (199K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Credits
Produced by Karl Eichwalder, Wolfgang Menges and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net
Release date
2010-05-22
Rights
Public domain in the USA.
Subjects

1788–1866
A gifted German poet and translator, he opened 19th-century readers to Arabic, Persian, Indian, and Chinese poetry while also writing deeply personal lyric verse of his own. His work moves easily from political sonnets to love poems and meditations on grief.
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