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Farhad's Hand Is Crushed

Farhad's Hand Is Crushed

From B5.8, Kavus’s Letter to Mazandaran. It illustrates B5.8.25–30:

  • B5.8.25
    He chose his warriors one by one for might,And bade them show their prowess in his sight.
  • B5.8.26
    “Let him behold what separates mankindFrom Divs whose strength leaves mortal force behind.
  • B5.8.27
    Go meet him like the leopard on its prey,And let your Div-like strength his heart dismay.”
  • B5.8.28
    They came in force and grimly closed him round,Their anger thick as storm-clouds on the ground.
  • B5.8.29
    One seized his hand and crushed with savage force,Till pain through bone and sinew ran its course.
  • B5.8.30
    Yet Farhad held his ground beneath the strain;His face showed neither pallor nor the pain.

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