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Khosrow Laughs and Turns His Rein
Book E6 · Khosrow Parviz

Khosrow Laughs and Turns His Rein

From E6.5, Khosrow and Bahram Parley. It illustrates E6.5.274–281:

  • E6.5.274
    Bahram replied: “You shepherd-born disgrace,Sprung from a herdsman of ignoble race!
  • E6.5.275
    Did Babak not bid Sasan take his crook,To tend his ewes beside the mountain brook?”
  • E6.5.276
    Khosrow replied: “Falsehood procures no crown;Such slanders drag your warrior honor down!
  • E6.5.277
    You spring from crooked roots; yet Sasan’s breadEnriched your house and raised your father’s head!”
  • E6.5.278
    Bahram retorted: “Though your words be bold,A shepherd’s crook was Sasan’s lot of old!”
  • E6.5.279
    Khosrow said: “When King Dara breathed his last,To noble Sasan was the kingship passed!
  • E6.5.280
    Though Fortune waned, the royal seed remained;By lies no sovereign title is attained!
  • E6.5.281
    With such blind judgment, would you govern men?”He laughed in scorn, and turned his rein again.

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Bahram ChubinKhosrow Parviz
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