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Hishvi and Murin Behold the Slain Wolf

Hishvi and Murin Behold the Slain Wolf

From C5.10, Goshtasb Slays the Wolf. It illustrates C5.10.36–47 (to C5.10.48):

  • C5.10.36
    Then came Goshtasb on foot, all stained with blood,His face like fenugreek flowers in bud.
  • C5.10.37
    They saw him, then rose, and wept as they wept;Their lamentations surged again and swept.
  • C5.10.38
    They clasped him mournfully, their faces pale;Like springtime clouds, their tears fell without fail.
  • C5.10.39
    “How went your battle with the wolf?” they cried.“Our hearts have bled for you here by the tide.”
  • C5.10.40
    Goshtasb replied, “Good friends, is there no fearOf God in Rum, that such a beast lives here?
  • C5.10.41
    Year after year, how could this dragon treadYour land at will, and fill your hearts with dread?
  • C5.10.42
    It kills a world of people in its path;Your Caesar counts as dust before its wrath.
  • C5.10.43
    But I have cleft it with the sword of Salm;Its death has brought the roads enduring calm.
  • C5.10.44
    Go see that wonder now, its mighty hide;No man has seen a beast so broad and wide.
  • C5.10.45
    An aged elephant within its skin,It spans the very wood it settled in.”
  • C5.10.46
    Then both ran there, their hearts released from grief,And saw the monster dead beyond belief.
  • C5.10.47
    The wolf loomed like an elephant in view;Its claws were lions’, and its hide dark blue.

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