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Zahhak Wakes Screaming from His Dream
Book A5 · Zahhak’s Tyranny and the Uprising of Kaveh

Zahhak Wakes Screaming from His Dream

From A5.2, Zahhak Dreams of Fereydoon. It illustrates A5.2.11–14:

  • A5.2.11
    The lawless Zahhak writhed beneath the strain;It seemed his very liver split with pain.
  • A5.2.12
    He screamed so loudly in his troubled sleep,His hundred-columned palace shook full deep.
  • A5.2.13
    The sun-faced women sprang up from their place,Alarmed by cries that filled the royal space.
  • A5.2.14
    Arnavaz spoke: “O king, why this dismay?What dream has torn your peaceful sleep away?

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