Bahram Azarmihan Denounces Simah Barzin

From E5.2, Hormizd’s Slaughter of the Ministers. It illustrates E5.2.99–110 (to E5.2.113):

E5.2.99
King Hormizd sat upon the ivory throne;Above his head the costly crown was shown.
E5.2.100
The chiefs of Iran gathered at the gate,And came in ordered ranks before the state.
E5.2.101
The chamberlain withdrew the curtain fair,And all the throng approached with courtly care.
E5.2.102
First came Bahram Azarmihan in place,With Simah Barzin and the chiefs of grace.
E5.2.103
Each took his seat according to his right;The crowd stood waiting in the monarch’s sight.
E5.2.104
The monarch questioned Bahram in that hall:“Does Simah Barzin merit wealth at all?
E5.2.105
Or does he harbor evil in his heart?The ill-disposed deserve no royal part.”
E5.2.106
Bahram discerned the purpose of the king,And knew the grief his questioning would bring.
E5.2.107
He thought, “We all must weep for this design;At last my grave will lack both cloth and sign.”
E5.2.108
He answered, “Shah, from Simah comes no gain;His deeds have brought this land to grief and pain.
E5.2.109
He wrecked Iran; may flesh and skin be flayed,His senseless body in the dust be laid.
E5.2.110
His speech is nothing else but lies and spite,And every word breeds enmity and fight.”