
Khosrow in Siavash's Garden
From C4.33, The Shah’s Answer to Khosrow. It illustrates C4.33.26–30:
- C4.33.26So on he went; his tears and sorrow grewUntil his father’s city came in view.
- C4.33.27He walked Siavash’s garden and surveyedThe place where once the killer’s bowl was laid.
- C4.33.28From there he turned and went back to his throne,And spoke to God in secret, in low tone.
- C4.33.29“If God, the righteous Judge, will guide me through,And show the course that I must now pursue,
- C4.33.30I shall pour Afrasiab’s blood instead,Like water, here where Siavash once bled.”
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