Iraj Answers His Father

From A6.10, Fereydoon Answers His Sons. It illustrates A6.10.42–53 (to A6.10.66):

A6.10.42
Then Iraj looked upon his father’s face,And answered him with calm and measured grace:
A6.10.43
“My lord, consider Time, like wind in flight;Why should the wise let grief obscure their sight?
A6.10.44
It withers pomegranate cheeks once bright,And dims the eyes of souls once filled with light.
A6.10.45
At first comes treasure; later, grief befalls;Then all must leave this lodging’s transient walls.
A6.10.46
Since dust must be our bed and brick our rest,Why plant revenge within the human breast?
A6.10.47
Why raise a tree that drinks its fill of blood,And bears revenge as fruit from root and bud?
A6.10.48
The earth has seen great rulers come and go,With sword, throne, signet set in royal show.
A6.10.49
The wise before us, mighty in their day,Did not repay each wrong in harsher way.
A6.10.50
If you permit, I will not answer illWith further evil born of angry will.
A6.10.51
I need no crown, no throne, no royal cap;Without an army I will cross the gap.
A6.10.52
I shall go speak to them as brother should,To turn their hearts from anger toward the good.
A6.10.53
‘My lords, my brothers, dear as breath to me,Release the wrath you bear and let it flee.