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Rostam Rebukes Piran on the Field

Rostam Rebukes Piran on the Field

From B14.9, Rostam Rebukes Piran. It illustrates B14.9.28–39 (to B14.9.40):

  • B14.9.28
    They do not know you; ‘Sagzi’ is the nameThey give you, knowing nothing of your fame.
  • B14.9.29
    Yet I am sure this band will weep, downcast,When Rostam’s storm of vengeance has swept past.”
  • B14.9.30
    When Rostam heard, his wrath became a flame;He cried, “Ill-fated man, you merit shame!
  • B14.9.31
    Why are you steeped in treachery and lies?Why walk where ruin yawns before your eyes?
  • B14.9.32
    The king of earth named your treachery clear,Apart from courtiers, where none else could hear.
  • B14.9.33
    I see your wisdom now, your vaunted art:From head to foot, all falsehood, every part.
  • B14.9.34
    You wallow heedlessly in blood, your own;Worse waits ahead than all that you have known.
  • B14.9.35
    Whether your land is Hell or Paradise,Recall the words I offered as advice:
  • B14.9.36
    I told you, ‘Leave this black and evil land,And choose a settled realm by wisdom planned.
  • B14.9.37
    Such life is worthless; look upon its cause;Your head lies in the Dragon’s grinding jaws.
  • B14.9.38
    You might behold our Shah, so young and fair,Just, gracious, loving, gentle in his care.’
  • B14.9.39
    But boar and leopard skins you choose to wearSeem sweeter than bright diba, rich and rare.

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