
Faramarz Slays Mehr-e-Nush
From C8.22, Zavareh and Faramarz Slay Esfandiyar’s Sons. It illustrates C8.22.33–38:
- C8.22.33Like raging lions both rushed in to close,And with their swords exchanged each other’s blows.
- C8.22.34Though Mehr-e-Nush fought fiercely in the field,He lacked the strength to make the hero yield.
- C8.22.35He raised his sword to strike the famed man dead,And cast into the dust that noble head.
- C8.22.36But his own steed’s neck took the falling blade;Its severed head upon the earth was laid.
- C8.22.37Then Faramarz slew him, now forced to standOn foot; his blood made rubies of the land.
- C8.22.38When Bahman saw his brother lying slain,The earth beneath him red with rose-like stain,
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