Sohrab Points Out the Green Pavilion

From B8.16, Sohrab Questions Hajir on Iran’s Chiefs. It illustrates B8.16.34–45 (to B8.16.51):

B8.16.34
“Now there,” said Sohrab, “green pavilions rise,With ordered troops drawn up before my eyes.
B8.16.35
A throne is raised where Kaveh’s flag appears;A giant warrior sits among his peers.
B8.16.36
His shoulders vast, his stature raised in height,He stands a head above the gathered might.
B8.16.37
Before him stands a charger fierce and tall,A beast that seems to thunder over all.
B8.16.38
The charger roars until the ranks recoil;You would think the sea beneath its feet would boil.
B8.16.39
His kamand hangs down to the charger’s feet,Prepared for any champion it may meet.
B8.16.40
Armored elephants stand before his place,While he sits restless, fire upon his face.
B8.16.41
No man in Iran rises to his height;No horse like his appears within my sight.
B8.16.42
A dragon marks the banner at his side;What chief is this of such commanding pride?
B8.16.43
Above the dragon, on the spearpoint high,A golden lion gleams against the sky.”
B8.16.44
Hajir thought deeply: “If I now reveal,This youth may strike before our wounds can heal.
B8.16.45
Far better hide him than betray the land;Let silence guard the strength at Iran’s hand.”