Zardosht Visits the Prisoner

From E5.2, Hormizd’s Slaughter of the Ministers. It illustrates E5.2.31–39:

E5.2.31
Then on an Arab steed the priest arose,And rode himself toward prison and its woes.
E5.2.32
The jailer paled with terror when he sawThe priest approach, and stood in silent awe.
E5.2.33
Yet none dared say, “Do not now come inside;The king is young, self-willed, and drunk with pride.”
E5.2.34
The aged man, with tears upon his face,Dismounted there and entered that dark place.
E5.2.35
He found Izad Gashasp in prison’s gloom;They clasped and wept within that narrow room.
E5.2.36
Their lashes seemed like clouds of springtime rain,As each embraced the other in his pain.
E5.2.37
They spoke about the evil Shah at length,Until their bitter words had spent their strength.
E5.2.38
Then food was spread before those holy men;They said the baj, as was their custom then.
E5.2.39
With barsom twigs in hand, they prayed to God,The righteous Judge beyond the tyrant’s rod.