Farangis
Farangis (Persian: فَرَنگیس) is a female character in the Persian epic Shahnameh. She is the eldest daughter of Afrasiab, king of Turan. She is also the second and favourite wife of Siavash, the saintlike prince of Iran (Siavash's first wife was Juraira daughter of Piran Viseh) and mother of a legendary hero and later Shah of Iran, Kai Khosrow. Although a Turanian by birth, Farangis shows loyalty to her husband's kingdom and dynasty. She accompanies her son when he leaves Turan in the hopes of gathering an Iranian army to avenge Siyavash.
After the murder of her husband Siavash and being left with her son Kai Khosrow, Farangis, mourns for him a year. The dignitaries at the court of King Kavus try to console her. They promise that her brother-in-law Fariborz will avenge the murder of his brother. Further, they present Fariborz as a suitable husband for her. Aided by Rostam, Fariborz takes Farangis to his seraglio.
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Fringes
by: Shane & ShaneHe stretches out the north over empty space
And hangs the earth on nothing
And how faint a word we even hear of Him
And yet, our eyes and ears and minds get all the candy
I sing for grace, for grace, it lets me sing
And all I've ever seen or heard
Or haven?t seen or heard, it's His
There is no other all of this is but the fringes
And these are but the fringes
And all the world hinges
On His grace and on His word
It speaks things into being
And the spoken things revealing
The glory of our God and King
I?m stumbling upon things that aren't mine
Things He spoke to life before time
Name one thing that's not one law or thought
He taught the clay molded it
Behold, He called the sheep
That?s why they came
Sheep, who by grace get a peep
And make it cheap by calling it mine
Behold, these are the fringes of His ways
And how faint a word we hear of Him
But His mighty thunder