Afrasiab Vows Vengeance before Pashang

From B1.2, Pashang Hears of Manuchehr’s Death. It illustrates B1.2.16–25:

B1.2.16
He came before his father, girded fast,His heart with ancient vengeance overcast:
B1.2.17
“I am well fitted for the lions’ fray;Iran’s sepahbod I can match today.
B1.2.18
Had Zadeshm raised his sword when young and strong,He had not left the world in shame and wrong.
B1.2.19
Had he for vengeance bound his battle-belt,Iran beneath his mastery had knelt.
B1.2.20
What Zadeshm left half-finished, I will bear:Revenge, and war, and kimiya, I dare.
B1.2.21
My sharpened sword shall open every way;My hour of rising up has come to stay.”
B1.2.22
Hot haste ran through old Pashang’s royal frameWhen he beheld his son of towering fame.
B1.2.23
A lion’s chest and arms, an elephant’s might;His shadow stretched for several mil in sight.
B1.2.24
His tongue a cutting sword, his heart a sea,His hand a rain-cloud pouring bounty free.
B1.2.25
Then Pashang said, “Let battle now begin;Lead all my troops and seek the realm to win.