Sughd Watches the Week of Battle

From E1.4, Ghatfar Defeated, Faghanish Crowned. It illustrates E1.4.48–56:

E1.4.48
The troops advanced from every side to war,Until the wind itself could pass no more.
E1.4.49
With flashing swords and gorzes in the fray,Iron on iron rang through all the day.
E1.4.50
The air itself was dense with flashing steel,As blades and axes made the tumult reel.
E1.4.51
A wind arose; the army’s dust rose higher,And sun and moon withdrew from smoke and fire.
E1.4.52
The men of Kashan and of Sughd stood near,And watched the battle, overwhelmed by fear.
E1.4.53
The eyes of men and women filled with tears,And children trembled in their mortal fears.
E1.4.54
They watched which side the circling moon and sunWould favor when the battle’s work was done.
E1.4.55
For one full week the rival armies fought,And neither side could gain the ground it sought.
E1.4.56
The slain on every side lay heaped in rows,The stones and dust grew red as redbud grows.