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Kaveh Tears Zahhak's Scroll

Kaveh Tears Zahhak's Scroll

From A5.5, Zahhak and Kaveh the Blacksmith. It illustrates A5.5.40–45:

  • A5.5.40
    But when he urged him sign the scroll with all,Kaveh read through and raised a furious call:
  • A5.5.41
    “You pillars of the Divs, corrupted here,Your hearts have lost the World-Creator’s fear.
  • A5.5.42
    You turned your faces toward the road of hell;On Zahhak’s words your captive spirits dwell.
  • A5.5.43
    I will not sign, nor bow to such a lord,Nor lend my name to prop a reign abhorred.”
  • A5.5.44
    He tore the lying scroll from end to end,Then trampled it, too furious to bend.
  • A5.5.45
    With son before him, fierce in wrath and cry,He thundered from the court with head held high.

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