Goshtasb's Wife Brings the News

From C6.28, News of Lohrasp’s Death Reaches Goshtasb. It illustrates C6.28.5–12:

C6.28.5
So on she went until Goshtasb she found,And told him Lohrasp’s fate with grief profound.
C6.28.6
She said, “Why have you lingered here so long?Why leave famed Balkh exposed to grief and wrong?
C6.28.7
An army from Turan has reached the town,And turned its people’s bright day upside down.
C6.28.8
All Balkh is filled with plunder, death, and cries;Return at once, O king, and swiftly rise.”
C6.28.9
Goshtasb replied, “What grief is this you bring?Why mourn one raid as such a grievous thing?
C6.28.10
When I march forth, all Chin will fail to standBefore my crown, my troops, my royal hand.”
C6.28.11
She answered, “Do not call this matter small;A darker blow has fallen on us all.
C6.28.12
The Turks struck down Lohrasp, the king of kings,And grief has dimmed the light that fortune brings.