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Zahhak Rages at Kundrav's Report

Zahhak Rages at Kundrav's Report

From A5.8, Fereydoon and the Minister of Zahhak. It illustrates A5.8.38–46:

  • A5.8.38
    If this renowned man truly is your guest,Why in your shabestan has he found rest?
  • A5.8.39
    Why sit with Jamshid’s daughters side by side,And speak of every matter they decide?
  • A5.8.40
    One hand now rests on fair Shahrnaz’s cheek;One brushes Arnavaz’s lips as they speak.
  • A5.8.41
    At dark of night he does still worse than this;Their musk-dark tresses serve his bed of bliss.
  • A5.8.42
    Those musk-black tresses of the moon-faced twoBelong to those your heart once held as true.
  • A5.8.43
    Half-drunk, he draws them close against his breast;That is no proper conduct for a guest.”
  • A5.8.44
    Zahhak erupted like a maddened beast;He wished for death when Kundrav’s words had ceased.
  • A5.8.45
    With filthy curses and a thunderous cry,He raged against his fortune and the sky.
  • A5.8.46
    He shouted, “In this royal house of mine,No longer shall you serve in steward’s line!”

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