Whenas Gúdarz resumed his seat Tús rose,
Came, kissed the ground before Khusrau, and said:—
“O monarch! live for ever. May ill's hand
Be ever far from thee. Of all these nobles
I only am derived from Farídún;
We were the royal house till came Kubád.
Before the Íránians have I girt my girdle,
And never loosed that bondage from my loins.

Upon Mount Hamáwan the breastplate galled
My body; it was all I had to wear;
And in that war of wreak for Siyáwush
I was each night the watchman of the host.
I could not save the army at Ládan,
But was myself within the Dragon's breath.
When in Hámávarán Káús was bound
There were chains also on the neck of Tús,
And in Mázandarán I was in bonds
With him, and was in dudgeon for his sake.
I, whether I behaved me well or ill,
Served in all places as his general.
I never anywhere dispersed the host,
And no one ever made complaint of me.
The Sháh is tired of treasury and throne,
And is about to quit this Wayside Inn;
What dost thou bid me do? What power is mine?
Thou knowest both my virtues and my faults.”
The Sháh made answer: “Thou hadst greater hard-ships
Than these from fate. Keep Káwa's standard still,
Be general and wear the golden boots.
Thy portion of the world is Khurásán;
None of these nobles will molest thee there.”
They wrote a patent out to that effect
Before the magnates and the mighty men;
Khusrau then sealed it with the golden signet,
And gave to Tús a golden torque and girdle,
Invoking blessings on him fervently:—
“May my heart never more be wroth with thee.”