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Galinush Receives the Envoys at Tisfoon

Galinush Receives the Envoys at Tisfoon

From E8.1, Shiruyeh Takes the Throne. It illustrates E8.1.48–56:

  • E8.1.48
    In tears they rode until they reached the wallOf great Tisfoon; grief lay on them like a pall.
  • E8.1.49
    To Mahraspand’s ancestral house they pressed,With heavy grief weighing on every breast.
  • E8.1.50
    For there the exalted king was kept confined,With court and royal power left behind.
  • E8.1.51
    Galinush sat before the palace gate;His martial splendor seemed to shake the state.
  • E8.1.52
    He wore his helm and breastplate, armed for fight,With steel gorz grasped, his heart all storm and light.
  • E8.1.53
    The Arab steeds wore armor row on row,And sword-armed soldiers stood with martial show.
  • E8.1.54
    When old Kharrad and Ashtad had dismounted,Those sages whose renown the wise recounted,
  • E8.1.55
    Galinush rose, rejoicing at their sight,And welcomed both famed chiefs with great delight.
  • E8.1.56
    He gave them fitting place and proper cheer,And honored them as men of name held dear.

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