Afrasiab Weighs Piran's Plea in Tears

From B9.36, Piran Counsels Afrasiab. It illustrates B9.36.16–22:

B9.36.16
Her name is Farangis; if I may standAs worthy of her, grant to me her hand.’”
B9.36.17
Afrasiab fell silent and dismayed,And slow tears gathered as the plea he weighed.
B9.36.18
He said: “I raised this matter once with you,Yet you rejected what I held as true.
B9.36.19
A sage once warned me, lofty in his thought:‘A male lion cub is dearly taught.
B9.36.20
You nurse and train him, make his body strong,And labor for his growth the whole year long.
B9.36.21
Your labor ends when lion-strength is shown,Yet none of all its fruit becomes your own.
B9.36.22
His first fierce stroke, when fighting strength has spread,Will seize the man who reared him by the head.’