Spear with Persian inscription that says “Constantly it drinks the water from the fountainhead of the heart”. Iran, 1594 [4100×3600]
by MunakataSennin
Spear with Persian inscription that says “Constantly it drinks the water from the fountainhead of the heart”. Iran, 1594 [4100×3600]
by MunakataSennin
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[Museum](https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/24467). 38.1 cm long.
That’s metal as fuck
This is the Persian poem written at top:
این نیزه شاهنشه جمشیدفر است – در عرصه کین نهال باغ ظفر است – همواره خورد آب ز سرچشمه دل – پیوسته ز سرهای سران بارور است
This is a meaning-based translation, not a word-for-word one:
This dagger belongs to the mighty king
Which is the source of the victories in war
It satisfies its taste from hearts
It grows from heads of the kings
In persian mythology ‘jamshid’ is the mighty king chosen by god who ruled for 700 years is the founder of iran and is also the first person who created weapons of war for men to be able to fight demons
The poem goes somthing like this:
This is the spear of the chosen king jamshid
In the garden of war it’s a sapling of victory
It satisfies it’s thirst from the fountain of heart
It’s always carrying the heads of those who have risen their heads (like fruits of a tree)