[ Ego, Orpheus, fēminam amāvī etiam cum contrā mē esset. ]
She intended to know both sides of the story, but
with the foreknowledge that she could not alter the course of hell. It was as
if she could see in her mind’s eye that the trees were still advancing in
darkness like an army of flying dragons who were invisible to mortals! She half
expected the invincible army to show mercy to her sons, yet she still prayed
that they might be granted a peaceful death, which is the greatest prayer a
mortal could ask from the Lord of Hell.
At first, the mother thought of placing her own
immortality as a ransom to save her sons, but she was deterred by Shanaya, who
did not think the men deserved such sacrifice. Yet, she was told by the ruby
that none dies, as after the execution, they are resurrected in glass prisons
for eternities, and that she could meet her sons there even after they have descended
into the sentence.
Virtue had explained that thus her gamble for
eternity was accepted by Orpheus, who wanted to free her, even against her own
desire to oppose his verdict. Shanaya had told her that after the trees devour
the souls of her sons, their lights were preserved as gemstones within their stony
corpus, and on finding these stones, she could speak with the prisoners, who were
carried by the endless cycle of roots into their respective closures underground.
At an even deeper conversation, she was simply
happy to love and be loved. Even so, she wanted to know what would happen if
she opposed the verdict of Orpheus; what if she did not absolve her karmic
debt? However, she knew for certain that her demon lover would not abandon her,
even if she had a difference of opinion.
Shanaya had suggested that she ask the magic book
and see for herself the visions withheld in the invisible testimony. She had
started to feel that her sister wanted her to return to her at her crystal
palace, yet she was hindered by her unresolved dues to the forest of
forbiddance.
Desirous of answers, Vice had closed her eyes
when she placed the ruby on the blank page of the book, so that her own
conflicts would not interfere with the vision! When she opened her eyes, she
saw that the ancient book had revealed a magical word to her!
نصيب
She was surprised that she could read this
ancient alphabet that stated, “Nasib”, yet she was not certain what it meant.
As she wanted to know more, the book revealed the vision of the wheel of
fate, circles intersecting circles, with the stars and planets set in absolute Maya!
In an epiphany, she had realized that once the great
watch of time had been set in motion, she had no other option but to complete
her Karmic circle, so she might yet again be reunited with Virtue. However,
despite the revelation, she still wanted to ask Orpheus this question in
person, but that was for another day!
This was the soliloquy of the woman when she had
started to understand that her gamble would make her eternally betrothed to
Orpheus. Whether she would think that she was indebted to Orpheus would,
however, depend on if she loved him with her heart.
Fātālis ipse eō somnō congregātō,
sī dēprehēnsa sum
Innuendīs testificāta dialōgō
arboreō, et mandāta revelābit tandem
Sāncte diabole, est tū appāruistī
mihi?
भाग्यबद्धः स एव तस्मिन् शयने संहृते, यदि मोहिताऽहम् ।
सङ्केतैः साक्षीकृतः वृक्षतुल्ये संवादे, स चान्ते नियोगान् संप्रकटयिष्यति
॥
हे पवित्र यमराज, किं त्वं मह्यं प्रादुरभूः ॥
*Arabic, Latin, and Sanskrit written with the help of AI.
