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Juya Spitted on Rostam's Spear

Juya Spitted on Rostam's Spear

From B5.10, Kavus Wars with Mazandaran. It illustrates B5.10.36–41:

  • B5.10.36
    When Rostam heard, he raised his battle cry,And charged as though a mountain shook the sky.
  • B5.10.37
    His foe drew back, unwilling now to stand,And wheeled aside in fear of Rostam’s hand.
  • B5.10.38
    But swift as dust, with spearpoint fixed and true,He struck the girdle clean and split it through.
  • B5.10.39
    The spear tore through jowshan and straps apart,And hurled him reeling, stunned in strength and heart.
  • B5.10.40
    Unseated, flung aloft in shattered gear,Like some spitted bird he hung upon the spear.
  • B5.10.41
    He plunged into a ravine, bloodied, torn,His jowshan split, from breast and shoulder shorn.

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