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Ram Barzin Kneels by the Dead Prince

Ram Barzin Kneels by the Dead Prince

From D13.19, The Death of Nushzad. It illustrates D13.19.73–81:

  • D13.19.73
    He sealed his lips; thus Nushzad passed away,A noble, lion-hearted prince, that day.
  • D13.19.74
    When all his troops had heard their prince was slain,They broke and fled across the blood-soaked plain.
  • D13.19.75
    When Ram Barzin learned how Nushzad had died,He went in tears and knelt down at his side.
  • D13.19.76
    The troops ceased slaying on the field of fight,And neither cheered nor plundered in delight.
  • D13.19.77
    They saw the prince laid low in mortal woe,His royal name made dark by overthrow.
  • D13.19.78
    His head lay on a Roman bishop’s breast;The field with wailing gave the dead no rest.
  • D13.19.79
    Ram Barzin, troubled deeply by the sight,Asked what the prince had spoken in his plight.
  • D13.19.80
    “What were the prince’s wishes at the end?”He asked the bishop, speaking as a friend.
  • D13.19.81
    The bishop said, “None but his mother’s eyeMust see his head exposed beneath the sky.

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