
Khosrow Sends Tus Forth Again
From B13.4, Khosrow Dispatches Tus to Turan. It illustrates B13.4.26–32:
- B13.4.26Then Tus came forth, sepahbod of the fight,With elephants and koust arrayed in might.
- B13.4.27He gave to Tus Kaviani standard bright,In Kayan custom, girded now to smite.
- B13.4.28He blessed the chief; a mighty shout arose,And earth boiled under hooves in thunderous throes.
- B13.4.29A cloud of dust rose dark beneath their tread;The gavdam karnay roared above each head.
- B13.4.30With jowshan and the Kaviani standard bright,The whole world’s face turned violet in their sight.
- B13.4.31The sun seemed drowned in water to the eye,While heaven and stars slept deep across the sky.
- B13.4.32The Shah stayed on the plain till Tus passed through;His elephant bore to Shahd the mahd of blue.
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