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The Mother's Lament at Gund-e-Shapur

The Mother's Lament at Gund-e-Shapur

From D13.19, The Death of Nushzad. It illustrates D13.19.86–94:

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

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