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Giv Plants the Royal Letter on the Wall

Giv Plants the Royal Letter on the Wall

From B10.35, Kay Khosrow Captures Bahman Castle. It illustrates B10.35.25–34:

  • B10.35.25
    Then Khosrow took a long and mighty spear,And bound the royal letter, plain and clear.
  • B10.35.26
    He raised it like a standard in the air,And sought no prize but royal farr to bear.
  • B10.35.27
    He called to Giv and gave him this command:“Take up this spear and do as I have planned.
  • B10.35.28
    Bear forth this letter, stern in warning, high,And bring it where the rampart meets the sky.
  • B10.35.29
    Invoke Yazdan, then turn your reins away;Do not remain beside the wall or stay.”
  • B10.35.30
    Then faithful Giv, with blessings, rode to fight,The spear in hand, toward the fortress height.
  • B10.35.31
    Through Khosrow’s farr he fixed it in the wall,The royal letter set beyond recall.
  • B10.35.32
    He praised Yazdan, the giver of the good,Then wheeled his white horse swiftly as he could.
  • B10.35.33
    The famous letter vanished; in its steadA crash rose up, and dust above it spread.
  • B10.35.34
    By Yazdan’s high command the rampart split,Its mighty wall was torn from where it knit.

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