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Bijan Rails at the Long Wait
Book C3 · The Battle of the Twelve Rukhs

Bijan Rails at the Long Wait

From C3.7, Bijan Urges Giv to Fight. It illustrates C3.7.11–16:

  • C3.7.11
    The fourth day, Bijan left the rear to goToward the center, where his wrath would show.
  • C3.7.12
    He came before his father, clothes all torn,And flung earth toward the heavens in his scorn:
  • C3.7.13
    “Why keep us standing idle, veteran sire?What purpose does this fruitless wait require?
  • C3.7.14
    The fifth day comes, and still no move is made;We learn to rest while hours slip by and fade.
  • C3.7.15
    The sun has seen no scimitars today,No dust has risen to obscure its ray.
  • C3.7.16
    Our riders wear their khaftans, helms drawn tight;Yet no man’s blood has stirred to join the fight.

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