
The Mother's Lament at Gund-e-Shapur
From D13.19, The Death of Nushzad. It illustrates D13.19.86–94:
- D13.19.86Of all the Christians dwelling in that land,Not one but tore his face with grieving hand.
- D13.19.87From all that country rose a keening wail;The men and women, round the bier, grew pale.
- D13.19.88They raised that gallant prince’s lifeless frame,The Shah’s own heart and light, his grief and shame.
- D13.19.89They bore his coffin onward, hand by hand,For three farsangs across the mourning land.
- D13.19.90His mother heard; her crown fell to the ground;Unveiled she came, with grief and anguish bound.
- D13.19.91A crowd assembled in the marketplace,All mourning with the dust upon each face.
- D13.19.92They raised a tent to shield her from the crowd;Dust on their heads, the mourners wept aloud.
- D13.19.93They laid him in the earth, bereft of breath;From wind he came and passed at last to death.
- D13.19.94Gund-e-Shapur wept bitterly that day;The Shah’s heartache consumed them with dismay.
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