The Herdsman Reports the Golden Gur-e-Khar

From C1.2, Rostam Is Summoned to Fight Akvan. It illustrates C1.2.5–16:

C1.2.5
An hour of daylight passed; then from the plainA herdsman came before the royal train.
C1.2.6
He kissed the ground before the royal throne,Then spoke before the Shah in humble tone:
C1.2.7
“A Gur-e-Khar has come among the herd,Loosed like a Div whose chains no longer gird.
C1.2.8
A savage lion seems to have drawn near;He breaks our horses’ necks and spreads great fear.
C1.2.9
His coat shines bright, as though the sun had rolledAcross his hide and steeped the beast in gold.
C1.2.10
From neck to tail one stripe runs down his back,As dark as musk, from end to end pure black.
C1.2.11
His haunches, shoulders, chest, and nimble feetProclaim a noble racer, swift and fleet.”
C1.2.12
Khosrow perceived it was no common steed,For no wild ass could ever match that breed.
C1.2.13
Khosrow had seen the world, and had been toldBy watchful men what that far spring did hold:
C1.2.14
That there the Div named Akvan made his lair,And filled the world with clamor and despair;
C1.2.15
And that the herdsman let his horses grazeLoose on the resting-ground for nights and days.
C1.2.16
He told the herdsman: “This is no wild ass;I know the matter. Go, and let it pass.”