
The Princes Break Sarv's Frost Spell
From A6.5, Sarv Tests Fereydoon’s Sons. It illustrates A6.5.5–10:
- A6.5.5But Sarv, the sorcerers’ king, devised his guile,And left the royal garden for a while.
- A6.5.6He worked his spell and raised a deadly cold,With roaring winds to kill those princes bold.
- A6.5.7The meadow froze; the plain lay iron-white,No crow could cross the air in such a night.
- A6.5.8The spell-breaking Shah’s three sons sprang from sleep,When bitter cold had pierced the garden deep.
- A6.5.9Divine farr guarded them, and wisdom’s power;Their royal knowledge braced them in that hour.
- A6.5.10With royal afsun, steadfast in the cold,They barred the spell and broke its deadly hold.
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