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Rostam Alone in the Press of Chin

Rostam Alone in the Press of Chin

From B14.11, Rostam Puts Shangul to Flight. It illustrates B14.11.22–30:

  • B14.11.22
    He bade the troops together take the field,Like moving mountains, ranks that would not yield.
  • B14.11.23
    “Surround him; close upon him, every side,And take his life,” the Khan of Chin then cried.
  • B14.11.24
    That lion drew his sword with furious might,And shattered Chin’s left wing amid the fight.
  • B14.11.25
    Each stroke he dealt left bodies on the ground,Their heads struck off and scattered all around.
  • B14.11.26
    No mountain could withstand his strength that day;No elephant could hold his wrath at bay.
  • B14.11.27
    The warriors crowded round the mighty one,So thick they darkened all the shining sun.
  • B14.11.28
    With spears and swords and shafts and gorz they cast,Against the chief who stood alone and fast.
  • B14.11.29
    He seemed to stand where thick-grown reeds were spread;The realm became one winepress running red.
  • B14.11.30
    At every blow he sliced through ten stout spears,And roared like angry lions in men’s ears.

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