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Siavash Appears in Piran's Dream

Siavash Appears in Piran's Dream

From B9.57, The Birth of Kay Khosrow. It illustrates B9.57.1–5:

  • B9.57.1
    One moonless night, when birds and beasts lay still,And cattle slept beneath the darkness chill,
  • B9.57.2
    Piran beheld within a vivid dreamA candle kindled from the solar beam.
  • B9.57.3
    Beside it Siavash stood, sword in hand,And called to Piran with a firm command:
  • B9.57.4
    “Shake off sweet sleep and rise without delay;Consider what the world will bring this day.
  • B9.57.5
    A new day dawns, a feast of royal birth;Tonight Kay Khosrow comes to life on earth!”

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