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Rostam Rebukes Kavus in the Dust

Rostam Rebukes Kavus in the Dust

From B10.3, Rostam Comes before Kavus. It illustrates B10.3.14–20:

  • B10.3.14
    With dust upon his head and dusty feet,He came before the king upon his seat:
  • B10.3.15
    “O king, the evil seed that you have sownHas ripened now; its bitter fruit is known.
  • B10.3.16
    Your love for Sudabeh, your crooked way,Has stripped the royal crown from you today.
  • B10.3.17
    Now plainly see where your own choices be:Your throne is riding on the waves of sea.
  • B10.3.18
    Your thought and temper brought this grievous blow;Through Iran now its bitter sorrows flow.
  • B10.3.19
    For one who rules, a shroud would be more fitThan to a woman’s order to submit.
  • B10.3.20
    A woman’s words brought Siavash to doom;Blessed the woman never born of womb.

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