ABSTRACT

On one side There was Khusrau Parwíz and on the other The paladin, between was Nahrawán, While on both sides the armies watched them meet, And how the paladin the Sháh would greet.

§ 5 How Khusrau Parwíz and Bahrám Chúbína met and

parleyed Bahrám Chúbína and Khusrau Parwíz Thus met, one cheerful and the other grim.