
The Black Crow and Kabruy
From D10.6, Bahram Forbids Wine after the Lion-Hunt. It illustrates D10.6.50–56:
- D10.6.50He left the joyful city for the plain,With heated wine alive in heart and brain.
- D10.6.51He galloped far beyond his retinue,Toward the hills where shaded grasses grew.
- D10.6.52He left his horse, found shelter on the ground,And slept beneath the mountain shade he found.
- D10.6.53A black crow from the mountains then came down,And pecked his eyes, with no one else around.
- D10.6.54His escort followed where his horse had sped,And found him at the mountain lying dead.
- D10.6.55The black crow had pecked out his eyes that day;His horse stood there beside him on the way.
- D10.6.56His servants wailed above him in their grief,Cursed feast and cup that robbed them of their chief.
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