Houman Rides Out Against Tus

From B13.8, Tus and Houman Meet in Combat. It illustrates B13.8.1–12 (to B13.8.19):

B13.8.1
Then Houman mounted on his eagle-steed,And spurred toward the field where warriors bleed.
B13.8.2
He seemed an iron wall before their eyes,Or Mount Alborz in jowshan scraping skies.
B13.8.3
He came before the men prepared to fight,And grasped a spear that glittered in the light.
B13.8.4
Tus too advanced; the earth rang far and wide,While brazen karnays thundered at his side.
B13.8.5
He cried: “From luckless Viseh’s root has grownA bitter tree whose wretched fruit is known.
B13.8.6
Have you come mounted, spear in hand, for strife,To seek revenge and hazard here your life?
B13.8.7
By Khosrow’s life, I will then face your might,No jowshan, gorz, or Roman helm in sight.
B13.8.8
Like mountain leopard springing on its prey,I would seize you and drag you down today.
B13.8.9
If you have courage, you shall learn outrightHow heroes meet their enemies in fight.”
B13.8.10
Houman replied: “Do not grow proud in speech;Such arrogance should stand beyond your reach.
B13.8.11
Though fate has struck one luckless chief through you,Do not despise all Turan’s warriors too.
B13.8.12
Arzhang would count himself no warrior then,If measured beside me among brave men.