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Khosrow in Siavash's Garden

Khosrow in Siavash's Garden

From C4.33, The Shah’s Answer to Khosrow. It illustrates C4.33.26–30:

  • C4.33.26
    So on he went; his tears and sorrow grewUntil his father’s city came in view.
  • C4.33.27
    He walked Siavash’s garden and surveyedThe place where once the killer’s bowl was laid.
  • C4.33.28
    From 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,
  • C4.33.30
    I shall pour Afrasiab’s blood instead,Like water, here where Siavash once bled.”

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