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Bijan Finds Gostaham at the Fountain
Book C3 · The Battle of the Twelve Rukhs

Bijan Finds Gostaham at the Fountain

From C3.46, Bijan Comes upon Gostaham. It illustrates C3.46.10–16:

  • C3.46.10
    He followed where the horse’s tracks had led,And found his friend beside the fountain-head.
  • C3.46.11
    There Gostaham lay fallen on the ground,His jowshan, helmet bloodied, dust around.
  • C3.46.12
    Bijan dismounted swiftly from Shabrang,And clasped his friend while cries of sorrow rang.
  • C3.46.13
    He stripped the Roman armor from his chest,And took the helmet from his wounded crest.
  • C3.46.14
    He scanned the wounds, still open to the air,And saw the harm of leaving them so bare.
  • C3.46.15
    The blood had drained away; his flesh was pale,His heart in pain, his spirit weak and frail.
  • C3.46.16
    He pressed his face against the wounds and stayedBeside his friend, lamenting, sore dismayed.

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BijanGostaham (son of Gazhdaham)
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