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Gudarz Rends His Robes Before Lohrasp
Book C4 · The Final Afrasiab Wars and the Disappearance of Kay Khosrow

Gudarz Rends His Robes Before Lohrasp

From C4.64, Lohrasp Learns Kay Khosrow Has Vanished. It illustrates C4.64.22–26:

  • C4.64.22
    Then he said to Gudarz, “Speak out your mind;Let nothing in your heart remain confined.”
  • C4.64.23
    Gudarz replied, “I stand bereft today;Rohham, Bijan, and Giv have passed away.”
  • C4.64.24
    Then, overcome by anguish for his kin,He cried aloud from grief that burned within:
  • C4.64.25
    “Alas for Giv, whose frame wore jowshan’s scale!For brave Bijan, whose sword made foes turn pale!”
  • C4.64.26
    He spoke, then tore from head to foot that dayHis robes of Chin and Rum’s rich-woven array.

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