4th Labour:Temptress[edit] Rostam, back in the saddle once more, continues his journey through enchanted lands, and comes, at evening, to a beautiful glade refreshed by limpid streams, where he finds, much to his surprise, a ready-roasted deer, together with the bread and salt to accompany it. He sits down to the mysterious banquet, but it vanishes at the sound of his voice. Next, he sees a tanbur and a flask of wine: taking up the instrument, he plays upon it, improvising a ditty about his own wanderings, and the kinds of exploit which he loves be... More