
Sight Restored to the Captive Shah
From B5.7, Rostam Slays the White Div. It illustrates B5.7.56–67:
- B5.7.56He reached the Shah; a joyful cry rang clear,And all the captive champions gathered near.
- B5.7.57They rushed to greet him, praising Rostam’s name,And hailed the chief who crowned himself with fame.
- B5.7.58He said: “Rejoice! The White Div now is slain;His power is broken and his strength made vain.
- B5.7.59I ripped the liver from his body dark;Of White Div’s dreaded name remains no mark.”
- B5.7.60Kavus embraced him, tears upon his brow:“May crown and army never lack you now.
- B5.7.61Blessed the mother who gave birth to you;No woman bore a champion half so true.
- B5.7.62A thousand blessings fall on Zal’s great line,And on your Zabul, for this deed divine.
- B5.7.63No age has seen your equal in its span,Nor Time produced another such a man.
- B5.7.64My Fortune too is happier in renown,To have such lion-slayer serve my crown.
- B5.7.65Now place White Div’s blood upon our eyes,That I may see your face beneath the skies.”
- B5.7.66He touched the blood to every darkened lid,And sight returned; the darkness from them slid.
- B5.7.67Their darkened eyes grew Sun-like, clear and bright,And all the chiefs rejoiced in new-found sight.
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