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Khosrow Sends Tus Forth Again

Khosrow Sends Tus Forth Again

From B13.4, Khosrow Dispatches Tus to Turan. It illustrates B13.4.26–32:

  • B13.4.26
    Then Tus came forth, sepahbod of the fight,With elephants and koust arrayed in might.
  • B13.4.27
    He gave to Tus Kaviani standard bright,In Kayan custom, girded now to smite.
  • B13.4.28
    He blessed the chief; a mighty shout arose,And earth boiled under hooves in thunderous throes.
  • B13.4.29
    A cloud of dust rose dark beneath their tread;The gavdam karnay roared above each head.
  • B13.4.30
    With jowshan and the Kaviani standard bright,The whole world’s face turned violet in their sight.
  • B13.4.31
    The sun seemed drowned in water to the eye,While heaven and stars slept deep across the sky.
  • B13.4.32
    The Shah stayed on the plain till Tus passed through;His elephant bore to Shahd the mahd of blue.

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