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Siavash's Dream of Fire and Water

Siavash's Dream of Fire and Water

From B9.51, Siavash Is Troubled by a Dream. It illustrates B9.51.8–12:

  • B9.51.8
    I saw a river stretching far and wide,A fiery mountain rose on the other side.
  • B9.51.9
    And spearmen lined the water’s edge in rows,Along the bank their ordered ranks arose.
  • B9.51.10
    On one side raged a fire both fierce and high,That burned Siavash-Gard beneath the sky.
  • B9.51.11
    Thus fire and water hemmed me in from flight,Afrasiab and his elephant in sight.
  • B9.51.12
    He watched me with a grim and hostile face,And blew upon the flames around that place.”

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