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The Defeated Army Passes Kalat

The Defeated Army Passes Kalat

From B13.2, Khosrow’s Rebuke of Tus. It illustrates B13.2.1–5:

  • B13.2.1
    Fariborz and the breaker, Giv, now led, With aged Gudarz, ranks whose hearts knew dread.
  • B13.2.2
    Their cheeks were wet with tears, their hearts besetBy grief for all the ruin they had met.
  • B13.2.3
    When they had reached along the Charam way,Kalat rose high; below, Mayam’s waters lay.
  • B13.2.4
    They spoke of how they fought Forood that day;Their only gain was grief and dark dismay.
  • B13.2.5
    Fear of the Shah filled every heart with pain,For guilt was theirs, and blood-tears fell like rain.

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