Afrasiab Meets Piran Bound in the Saddle

From B10.26, Afrasiab Comes upon Piran. It illustrates B10.26.16–21:

B10.26.16
As Afrasiab listened, all could hear;An army from the distant road drew near.
B10.26.17
With Piran at their head in sorry plight,His face and hair ran crimson from the fight.
B10.26.18
The king believed: “He comes, the battle won,And brings me news that Giv is overrun.”
B10.26.19
But drawing near, the king looked hard and sawThe army’s chief exhausted, bruised and raw.
B10.26.20
Bound like a stone upon the saddle’s height,His hands were fastened tightly out of sight.
B10.26.21
The king, astonished, spoke in grief and dread:“What fate befell you? How were you thus led?”