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Turan's Nobles Plead in the Dust

Turan's Nobles Plead in the Dust

From B10.13, Rostam’s Harrowing of Turan. It illustrates B10.13.6–12:

  • B10.13.6
    At last the nobles, broken, bowed in dust,Came forth to plead, stripped bare of hope and trust:
  • B10.13.7
    “Of Afrasiab’s rule we had our fill;Not even in dreams would we see him still.
  • B10.13.8
    The blood he shed unjustly was his crime;We held no voice nor share in that dark time.
  • B10.13.9
    Though gathered here or scattered through the land,We are your servants, subject to your hand.
  • B10.13.10
    Now you are victor; spill no guiltless gore;Do not make war with turning heaven more.
  • B10.13.11
    No man can tell where Afrasiab flies,Or in a dragon’s maw he lives or dies.”
  • B10.13.12
    Wise Rostam heard; his prudent heart was stirred,And grief came over him at every word.

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