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Afrasiab Returns to a Ruined Land
Book B10 · Vengeance for Siavash and the Retrieval of Kay Khosrow

Afrasiab Returns to a Ruined Land

From B10.14, Rostam Returns to Iran. It illustrates B10.14.11–17:

  • B10.14.11
    When Afrasiab heard the news one day,That Tus and Rostam crossed the stream away,
  • B10.14.12
    From Bakhtar toward the Sea of Gang he pressed,His head with war, revenge within his breast.
  • B10.14.13
    He found the land laid waste on every side,The nobles slain, the lesser people died.
  • B10.14.14
    No horse, no treasure, crown, or throne was found,No flourishing palace graced the ground.
  • B10.14.15
    The world was blazing; fires rose all about;The palaces uprooted, burned, snuffed out.
  • B10.14.16
    The king wept blood and called his captains near:“Forget no wrong that brought this ruin here.
  • B10.14.17
    Let vengeance fill each heart within your breast;Make shields your beds, your helmets where you rest.

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Afrasiab
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