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Hushang Seizes the Black Div

Hushang Seizes the Black Div

From A1.3, Hushang and Kioumars Fight the Black Div. It illustrates A1.3.8–16:

  • A1.3.8
    He gathered paris, leopards, lions bold,With wolves and tigers fierce beyond control;
  • A1.3.9
    Wild beasts and tame, the birds and paris came,With Hushang at their head, intent on fame.
  • A1.3.10
    Before the ranks the vengeful grandson led;Behind the army Kioumars Shah then sped.
  • A1.3.11
    The Black Div came in fear before their might,And hurled his dust toward heaven’s towering height.
  • A1.3.12
    The beasts’ great roaring weakened claw and hand,Before the wrath of him who ruled the land.
  • A1.3.13
    The two great forces crashed in battle’s roar;The Divs could bear the beasts’ assault no more.
  • A1.3.14
    Then Hushang sprang upon the Div in rage,And made the world grow narrow as a cage.
  • A1.3.15
    He seized the vast Div, held him stretched and tight,Then struck his head from off his neck outright.
  • A1.3.16
    He cast him at his feet and struck him prone;His hide was torn, his fortune overthrown.

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