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Kay Khosrow Prostrates Himself before Yazdan

Kay Khosrow Prostrates Himself before Yazdan

From B14.18, The Shah Replies to Rostam. It illustrates B14.18.4–12:

  • B14.18.4
    When Fariborz beheld the monarch’s face,He kissed the dust before that royal place.
  • B14.18.5
    He praised the Shah, a king of mighty name,And offered many blessings on his fame.
  • B14.18.6
    The Shah saw captives, hiyuns in their train,The elephants, and men who bore war’s pain.
  • B14.18.7
    He rode apart, removed his royal crown,Then left his steed and cast his body down.
  • B14.18.8
    He rolled in dust before Yazdan and cried,“O holy Ruler, source of strength and guide,
  • B14.18.9
    The tyrant worked oppression on my head,And left me fatherless in grief and dread.
  • B14.18.10
    Yet You released me from my grief and pain,And gave me crown and realm and royal reign.
  • B14.18.11
    Both earth and time bowed down beneath my throne,The world grew filled with treasure of my own.
  • B14.18.12
    I thank You, not the men who won the strife;Grant only this: preserve brave Rostam’s life.”

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