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The Witch Revealed in the Kamand

The Witch Revealed in the Kamand

From B5.4, Rostam Slays a Witch. It illustrates B5.4.22–28:

  • B5.4.22
    He placed a cup of wine within her hand,And praised the Giver of Good across the land.
  • B5.4.23
    At once her borrowed beauty left her face;Her painted charms dissolved without a trace.
  • B5.4.24
    Her soul knew no devotion, prayer, or light;At Yazdan’s name her features blackened quite.
  • B5.4.25
    Swift as the wind he cast his kamand wide,And caught her head and bound her at his side.
  • B5.4.26
    “Declare what thing you are, and let me seeThe face and form that truly you may be.”
  • B5.4.27
    Within the coils a foul old hag was seen,Deep-wrinkled, stinking, hideous in mien.
  • B5.4.28
    With guile and magic bonds and harm replete,Her false enchantments ended at his feet.

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