
Siavash Falls and Is Bound
From B9.53, Siavash Is Taken by Afrasiab. It illustrates B9.53.44–48:
- B9.53.44Then fifty, sixty arrows crossed the air,From every side they struck him without care.
- B9.53.45Amid the clash, the prince fell from his steed,His wounds from sword and spear had made him bleed.
- B9.53.46He rolled upon dark earth as drunk with pain,Then Gurvi Zereh bound him on the plain.
- B9.53.47A halter round his neck was fastened tight,His hands behind him bound with all their might.
- B9.53.48Blood streamed along his cheeks, once bright as bloom;He had not known so dark and harsh a doom.
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