
A Shepherdless Army Gathers in Grief
From C3.41, Lahhak and Farshidvard Bewail Piran. It illustrates C3.41.31–36:
- C3.41.31They went back to their camp, their eyes blood-red,Their hearts consumed by sorrow for the dead.
- C3.41.32The army knew its shepherd lay in death;His flock was leaderless with his last breath.
- C3.41.33All sorrowed, weeping in consuming fire,Their hearts burned through with grief that would not tire.
- C3.41.34They came before the brothers in their grief,With hearts weighed down and finding no relief.
- C3.41.35They said, “What shall we do, with him now gone,The backbone of our side, our shield withdrawn?
- C3.41.36Who now has heart to gird himself for fight,And fit an iron helmet firm and tight?”
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