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Zavareh Falls at Siavash's Hunting-Ground

Zavareh Falls at Siavash's Hunting-Ground

From B10.12, Zavareh Goes to Siavash’s Hunting-Ground. It illustrates B10.12.3–11:

  • B10.12.3
    They reached a thicket spread across the ground,So dense no passable way could be found.
  • B10.12.4
    With colors, scents, and running streams around,The soul drew nourishment where joys abound.
  • B10.12.5
    The Turk spoke out without a guarded thought:“This is the ground Prince Siavash once sought.
  • B10.12.6
    For this fair place he held all Turan dear;His heart found joy whenever he was here.
  • B10.12.7
    Here he was glad, his heart released from care;Elsewhere his days were burdened by despair.”
  • B10.12.8
    These words struck deep and woke long-buried grief;Old wounds broke open, finding no relief.
  • B10.12.9
    The words struck home; he toppled from his horse,And consciousness was lost beneath their force.
  • B10.12.10
    A falcon rested lightly in his hand;He loosed it; blood-red tears fell on the land.
  • B10.12.11
    His comrades reached him on the hunting-ground,And grief and tears upon his face they found.

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