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Giv Gives Bijan Siavash's Jowshan

Giv Gives Bijan Siavash's Jowshan

From C3.13, Giv Arms Bijan with Siavash’s Jowshan. It illustrates C3.13.22–30:

  • C3.13.22
    Giv heard his son, prepared for coming strife,A lion-hearted youth who risked his life.
  • C3.13.23
    He dismounted, gave him shield and steed,Siavash’s jowshan, for battle’s need.
  • C3.13.24
    He said, “If you are bent on fight today,And stubborn will has driven thought away,
  • C3.13.25
    Mount this swift charger, which will roll the groundBeneath your feet when battle gathers round.
  • C3.13.26
    That jowshan shields your body in the fight,Since you must face an Ahriman of might.”
  • C3.13.27
    When Bijan saw his father’s steed brought near,He sprang down from his own to meet it here.
  • C3.13.28
    He mounted on the royal horse to ride,Then bound his girdle, slung his gorz beside.
  • C3.13.29
    He sought among the troops a man who knewThe Turkish tongue, and spoke its meaning true.
  • C3.13.30
    Then like a mighty lion he rode on,To take revenge for Siavash, now gone.

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