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Khosrow before the Walls of Gangdezh

Khosrow before the Walls of Gangdezh

From C4.37, Kay Khosrow Reaches Gangdezh. It illustrates C4.37.4–12:

  • C4.37.4
    When Khosrow saw the walls of Gangdezh rise,A veil of tears fell down before his eyes.
  • C4.37.5
    He left his steed and laid his head to ground,And praised the Maker with a respectful sound:
  • C4.37.6
    “O righteous Judge, I am Your slave in awe,My heart is filled with reverence for Your law.
  • C4.37.7
    You gave me strength and rule, with farr beside,An army, fortune, courage as my guide,
  • C4.37.8
    That I might see my father’s city wall,Its towers lifted high above us all.
  • C4.37.9
    It was Siavash who built this mighty place,By God’s own farr, raised from its lowest base.
  • C4.37.10
    The tyrant’s hand that took his life awayLeft every heart in grief and deep dismay.”
  • C4.37.11
    The troops together wept beside the wall,For blameless Siavash and for his fall.
  • C4.37.12
    He perished by his adversary’s hand,A deed that sowed long feud through every land.

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