Ill Tidings Reach Afrasiab's Court

From B14.19, Afrasiab Hears of His Army’s Defeat. It illustrates B14.19.1–12 (to B14.19.17):

B14.19.1
Then tidings reached Afrasiab’s great court:“Fire rose from water; such is our report.
B14.19.2
With Kamus, Manshur, and Chin’s Khan laid low,Turan has suffered this disastrous blow.
B14.19.3
A nahang then came forth from Iran’s side,The sky itself seemed narrowed by its stride.
B14.19.4
For forty days the armies joined in fight;The world wore one dark color, day and night.
B14.19.5
The horsemen’s dust concealed the sun from sight;Our wakeful fortune dimmed and lost its light.
B14.19.6
Of all our countless ranks upon that plain,No horseman fit for service could remain.
B14.19.7
Our mighty chiefs and champions of the fieldWere bound in chains and forced at last to yield.
B14.19.8
Disgraced, on elephants they rode in shame,While troops for several mil together came.
B14.19.9
The Khan of Chin, with thousands in his band,Was carried captive toward Iran’s great land.
B14.19.10
No space remained across the field to tread,So thick the earth was covered with the dead.
B14.19.11
Piran has taken Khutan’s road ahead,With noble chiefs and warriors whom he led.
B14.19.12
No man of Chin or Kashan now remainsIn camps or towns or on the border plains.