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Farfuriyus Flees the Field

Farfuriyus Flees the Field

From D13.13, Anooshirvan Defeats Caesar’s Army. It illustrates D13.13.13–21:

  • D13.13.13
    Then foam came to his lips; he gave commandThat all the army should in order stand.
  • D13.13.14
    So line with line confronted on the ground,And dust-choked air could find no passage round.
  • D13.13.15
    A glorious gathering filled the battlefield,Proud chiefs and men with scimitars to wield.
  • D13.13.16
    All loins were girded tightly for the fight;The great, the wise, the royal seed of might.
  • D13.13.17
    Their swords were tempered in the blood of foes,And keen enough to cleave the clouds that rose.
  • D13.13.18
    The foe had no more respite in that placeThan hunted prey when leopards spring in chase.
  • D13.13.19
    The Roman dead lay heaped across the plain;The wounded soldiers left the fight in pain.
  • D13.13.20
    Farfuriyus, now wounded, fled the fray;Flag shredded, tabiras upturned that day.
  • D13.13.21
    Iranian horsemen chased them at full pace,Like leopards hunting wild sheep in the chase.

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