بخش 13
Prose Version
After Siavash was brutally executed, a wave of grief and horror swept through the land. The poet laments the cruelty of fate, where the innocent suffer while the wicked thrive. In the harem, Siavash's wife, Farangis, and the other women wailed in anguish, tearing their hair and cursing Afrasiyab. Hearing their cries, the enraged king ordered Garsivuz to drag Farangis out and have her beaten to induce a miscarriage, determined to wipe out Siavash's lineage entirely. Pilsam, witnessing this atrocity, rushed to his brother Piran, the wise commander, and broke the tragic news of Siavash's beheading by the executioner Goroy Zereh. Overcome with grief, Piran tore his clothes and fainted, but Pilsam urged him to act quickly to save Farangis. Piran rode with all speed to the court and found the executioners dragging the pregnant Farangis to her death. He intervened, and Farangis, seeing him, wept and blamed him for the tragedy. Piran then boldly confronted Afrasiyab, condemning his madness and cruelty. He warned the king of the eternal shame and the inevitable retaliation from Iran that would follow these heinous acts. He blamed the "devil" Garsivuz for poisoning the king's mind. Piran pleaded for Farangis's life, offering to take her to his own palace in Khotan and keep her under his protection. He suggested that if Afrasiyab feared the unborn child, he should wait until the birth to decide its fate. Afrasiyab, relenting, handed Farangis over to Piran. Piran took her to Khotan and entrusted her to his wife, Golshahr, to be cared for until her time came.