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Tus Fights Kamus on Foot

Tus Fights Kamus on Foot

From B13.25, Giv and Tus Battle Kamus. It illustrates B13.25.44–53:

  • B13.25.44
    Tus watched from center, grieving at the sight,As Giv and fierce Kamus maintained the fight.
  • B13.25.45
    He thought, “Brave Giv cannot withstand this man;Against such strength he does the best he can.
  • B13.25.46
    No spearman but myself can face that chief.”He left the center roaring, to Giv’s relief.
  • B13.25.47
    Kamus wheeled sharply through the battle’s course,And with his sword struck Tus’s charging horse.
  • B13.25.48
    Tus’s face turned ebony; his horse went down,But Tus rose roaring, lion of renown.
  • B13.25.49
    On foot, with spear in hand, Tus fought his foe,Before both armies watching from below.
  • B13.25.50
    Against a single foe, two warriors go,Yet Kashan’s chief still hungered for the blow.
  • B13.25.51
    The tumult held until the sun’s bright rayGrew dark and vanished from the field that day.
  • B13.25.52
    The battlefield turned ebony with night;They drew apart and ceased the bitter fight.
  • B13.25.53
    One army sought the plain as darkness grew,The other up the mountain slopes withdrew.

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