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Rostam's Pavilion Given to the Fire

Rostam's Pavilion Given to the Fire

From B8.23, Rostam’s Lament for Sohrab. It illustrates B8.23.24–33:

  • B8.23.24
    He bade them bring rich brocade for the dead,And veil the face from which all life had fled.
  • B8.23.25
    All hopes and cities once before him spreadWere narrowed now to one small coffin’s bed.
  • B8.23.26
    They bore him from the field with solemn tread,And toward his father’s pavilion led.
  • B8.23.27
    The whole army cast dust upon each head,And mourned the cypress lying cold and dead.
  • B8.23.28
    They set the royal pavilion aflame,And fed the fire with splendor in his name.
  • B8.23.29
    Seven-colored brocades fed the pyre;The throne and leopard saddle joined the fire.
  • B8.23.30
    A cry rose up, and Rostam’s tears would pour:“No horseman like you shall be seen in war.
  • B8.23.31
    Woe for your strength, your wisdom, and your grace!Woe for your form, your stature, and your face!
  • B8.23.32
    Torn from your mother, you lie dead apart;Your father bears the mark upon his heart.”
  • B8.23.33
    He tore the earth with both his nails, and weptDown tears of blood, and rent the robes he kept.

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