Two Youths Warn at the Pool

From D6.6, Ardavan Pursues Ardeshir and Golnar. It illustrates D6.6.20–30:

D6.6.20
At length Ardeshir, weary from his flight,Beheld a pool below him from a height.
D6.6.21
Still riding, he said, “Golnar, you and IAre joined to hardship as we onward fly.
D6.6.22
Let us dismount beside this spring; the strainHas worn both horse and rider on the plain.
D6.6.23
Beside the water, let us rest and eat,Then ride refreshed and hasten our retreat.”
D6.6.24
The two drew near the water, almost done;Their faces had grown yellow as the sun.
D6.6.25
About to leave his horse, he saw besideThe pool two youths who called to him to ride.
D6.6.26
They cried, “Be quick! The stirrup and the reinMust serve you now; ride hard across the plain.
D6.6.27
You slipped the dragon’s jaws and burning breath;To halt now may expose your life to death.
D6.6.28
Do not dismount to eat beside this pool;Preserve your life; let that become your rule.”
D6.6.29
Ardeshir heard and told Golnar, “They speakGood sense; now let us ride, and safety seek.”
D6.6.30
He pressed the stirrup, gave the charger rein,And shouldered his bright spear to cross the plain.