Esfandiyar Mourns His Two Sons

From C8.23, Rostam Flees to the Heights. It illustrates C8.23.62–67:

• C8.23.62
  He left his steed; within his lap he laidThe heads of those two chiefs, and mourned, dismayed.
• C8.23.63
  He cried, “Alas, my two young warriors slain!Your souls no more in these weak forms remain!”
• C8.23.64
  Then he told Bishutan, “Rise; weep no more;Let not such tears upon their bodies pour.
• C8.23.65
  I see no gain in all these tears and grief;We must not cling to life, for life is brief.
• C8.23.66
  Both young and old, we all must pass away;May wisdom guide us on our final day.”
• C8.23.67
  In golden coffins, each on a teak bier,He sent them to the crowned Shah, far from here.

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