Káús looked down with melancholy mien,
And, half consenting, thus to Rustem said:--
"Súdáveh's blandishments absorbed my soul,
And she has brought this wretchedness upon me."
Rustem rejoined--"The world must be revenged
Upon this false Súdáveh;--she must die."
Káús was silent; but his tears flowed fast,
And shame withheld resistance. Rustem rushed
Without a pause towards the shubistán;
Impatient, nothing could obstruct his speed
To slay Súdáveh;--her he quickly found,
And rapidly his sanguinary sword
Performed its office. Thus the Sorceress died.
Such was the punishment her crimes received.

Having thus accomplished the first part of his vengeance, he proceeded
with the Persian army against Afrásiyáb, and all the Iránian warriors
followed his example. When he had penetrated as far as Túrán, the enemy
sent forward thirty thousand men to oppose his progress; and in the
conflict which ensued, Ferámurz took Sarkhá, the son of Afrásiyáb,
prisoner. Rustem delivered him over to Tús to be put to death precisely
in the same manner as Saiáwush; but the captive represented himself as
the particular friend of Saiáwush, and begged to be pardoned on that
account. Rustem, however, had sworn that he would take his revenge,
without pity or remorse, and accordingly death was inflicted upon the
unhappy prisoner, whose blood was received in a dish, and sent to Káús,
and the severed head suspended over the gates of the king's palace.
Afrásiyáb hearing of this catastrophe, which sealed the fate of his
favorite son, immediately collected together the whole of the Túránian
army, and hastened himself to resist the conquering career of the enemy.