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Giv Challenges Piran across the River
Book B10 · Vengeance for Siavash and the Retrieval of Kay Khosrow

Giv Challenges Piran across the River

From B10.23, The Contest of Piran and Giv. It illustrates B10.23.1–5:

  • B10.23.1
    Giv donned his jowshan, rode with lion’s zeal,His steed beneath him strong as tempered steel.
  • B10.23.2
    The chief stood here, the army gathered there,The river flowed between and barred the pair.
  • B10.23.3
    Giv roared aloud like thunder in the spring,And challenged Piran, leader of the wing.
  • B10.23.4
    Piran grew angry, cursed him in reply:“You base-born wretch, ill-starred beneath the sky!
  • B10.23.5
    Alone you come before this army’s line,One warrior facing all these ranks of mine.

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