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Bahram Chubin Prostrate Before Battle

Bahram Chubin Prostrate Before Battle

From E5.11, Bahram Chubin Slays King Saveh. It illustrates E5.11.41–47:

  • E5.11.41
    Then Bahram, when his ranks were set in place,Withdrew from camp and fell upon his face.
  • E5.11.42
    Before his God, he cried aloud in dust,“O righteous Judge, whose every doom is just,
  • E5.11.43
    If this my conflict is unjust to You,And Saveh’s cause is truer in Your view,
  • E5.11.44
    Then calm my heart within this battle’s roar,And grant him triumph over us in war.
  • E5.11.45
    But if I toil and strive at Your command,And risk my head in battle as I stand,
  • E5.11.46
    Make me and all my troops rejoice in peace;Let warfare’s torment through the whole world cease.”
  • E5.11.47
    Still praying loudly, he arose foursquare,His ox-head gorz raised high in morning air.

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