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Farangis Sees Siavash Bound

Farangis Sees Siavash Bound

From B9.54, Farangis Pleads before Afrasiab. It illustrates B9.54.26–37:

  • B9.54.26
    As she spoke on, she saw him bound in shame,And tore her cheeks while calling out his name:
  • B9.54.27
    “O king, you left Iran with trusting mind,And thought a father’s shelter you would find.
  • B9.54.28
    Yet now you walk on foot with shackled hands;Where are your crown, your throne, your high commands?
  • B9.54.29
    Where are the vows that bound the king so tight,That made the turning moon and heaven shake with fright?
  • B9.54.30
    Where now is Kavus with his royal train?Could he but see you bound in grief and pain?
  • B9.54.31
    Where Rostam, Tus, and Giv, that fearless band,And Zal and Faramarz of Iran’s land?
  • B9.54.32
    The tale will reach Iran and stir the state,And shake the Shahanshah’s throne beneath its weight.
  • B9.54.33
    Through Garsivaz this ruin fell on you;Curse Damur, Gurvi Zereh with him too!
  • B9.54.34
    Whoever lifts a hand to do you harm,May ruin strike his head and break his arm.
  • B9.54.35
    May God grant ease to you in this dark hour,And break your enemies and crush their power.
  • B9.54.36
    Would that my eyes had closed before this day,Before I saw you bound and dragged away.
  • B9.54.37
    How could I think my father would depriveMy arms of him who made my heart alive?”

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