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Soroush Appears to Gudarz in a Dream

Soroush Appears to Gudarz in a Dream

From B10.15, Gudarz’s Dream of Kay Khosrow. It illustrates B10.15.1–12 (to B10.15.15):

  • B10.15.1
    One night Gudarz beheld a swelling cloud,Rise water-laden from the cloudy shroud.
  • B10.15.2
    Upon that flying cloud Soroush drew near,And bade old Gudarz open both his ears:
  • B10.15.3
    “Attend: the famed Turk, dragon-like, brings pain;Hear how to break his power and end his reign.
  • B10.15.4
    A sovereign now in Turan comes to view;Kay Khosrow is his name, a prince born true.
  • B10.15.5
    The son of Siavash, a sovereign born,With honar, famed in gohar, richly worn.
  • B10.15.6
    From Kay Qobad his father’s lineage came,Through Tur his mother bore a royal name.
  • B10.15.7
    When his blessed foot shall reach Iran’s land,Whatever he asks heaven will grant his hand.
  • B10.15.8
    He arms himself, his father’s fall to mourn,And vows the towers of Tur shall lie shorn.
  • B10.15.9
    He shall make Qolzum’s waters boil in fight,Nor turn from Afrasiab day or night.
  • B10.15.10
    In jowshan, bent on vengeance, he shall ride,In ceaseless battle, to his saddle tied.
  • B10.15.11
    Yet none among the chiefs of Iran’s bandShall find him out or bring him to this land,
  • B10.15.12
    Save Giv alone; high heaven has decreedThat only he shall find the king you need.

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