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Rostam Surveys the Host of Turan

Rostam Surveys the Host of Turan

From B13.27, Iran and Turan Set Their Battle Lines. It illustrates B13.27.70–79:

  • B13.27.70
    Then mighty Rostam climbed the mountain’s brow,To view Turan’s vast army gathered now.
  • B13.27.71
    He saw a force so vast beneath the skyThe Sea of Rum seemed but a lump of wax nearby.
  • B13.27.72
    From Kashan, Shakn, and Wahr their armies came,From Chaghan, Chin, Saklab, and Hind by name.
  • B13.27.73
    From Gahan, Rum, and Sind to Indus strand,With varied jowshan, helms from every land.
  • B13.27.74
    Strange tongues from every quarter filled the air,With foreign standards and exotic fare.
  • B13.27.75
    Elephants bore ivory thrones arrayed,Crowns, armlets, torques, tiaras, all displayed.
  • B13.27.76
    The world became a Paradise in sight;Beside its splendor beauty lost its light.
  • B13.27.77
    He stood astonished on the mountain’s brow,And pondered heaven’s turning purpose now.
  • B13.27.78
    “When will the sky reward the wars we wage?What jest will ancient heaven play this age?”
  • B13.27.79
    He climbed back down, his fearless courage stayed,Nor passed beyond the chief or line arrayed.

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