
The Walls of Tur's Fortress Fall in Fire
From B14.20, Rostam Fights Kafur the Maneater. It illustrates B14.20.58–67:
- B14.20.58A siege did not accord with Rostam’s will;On four sides troops approached the fortress hill.
- B14.20.59First Zabul’s army came in armor bright,With Kabul blades made ready for the fight.
- B14.20.60Gudarz and Tus each held a side; the rearHeld Giv with elephants; the koust rang clear.
- B14.20.61The veteran Rostam bent his bow with might;The fortress stared in awe at such a sight.
- B14.20.62He picked off every head that dared ariseAbove the wall before his watchful eyes.
- B14.20.63His pikan spoke in whispers to the brain;An ill-matched pair were joined in mortal pain.
- B14.20.64To drive the garrison from tower and stone,He mined beneath the walls they called their own.
- B14.20.65The posts that held the ramparts overheadWith black naphtha were coated as they spread.
- B14.20.66When half the fortress wall was undermined,He fired the wood beneath the stone confined.
- B14.20.67Tur’s ramparts fell amid the fiery glow;From every side the troops rushed at the foe.
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