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The Women Mourn at the Black Steed
Book C8 · The Tragedy of Rostam and Esfandiyar

The Women Mourn at the Black Steed

From C8.29, Bishutan Brings Esfandiyar Home. It illustrates C8.29.38–43:

  • C8.29.38
    They left the prince’s bier and went to standBeside the black steed, wailing in a band.
  • C8.29.39
    They stroked its mane and breast with loving care;And Katayun wept blood upon its hair.
  • C8.29.40
    That charger bore the prince when fortune fled;Upon its back in battle he lay dead.
  • C8.29.41
    “O shameless steed!” the mother cried in pain,“On you the Kayanian king was slain.
  • C8.29.42
    Whom will you bear to battle from this hour,To nahang’s claws, beneath that creature’s power?”
  • C8.29.43
    They clasped its mane and clung in their despair,And cast the dust upon its head and hair.

In the picture

Bih AfridBishutanHomahyi (Goshtasb)KatayunShulak
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