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Siavash Falls and Is Bound

Siavash Falls and Is Bound

From B9.53, Siavash Is Taken by Afrasiab. It illustrates B9.53.44–48:

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

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