[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Dark Ages](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages) › [General histories](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general) › [Muntakhab al-tawārīkh](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh) › [Muntakhabu-t-tawarikh (Ranking, Lowe, Haig)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig) › 30.2.6 # Muntakhab al-tawarikh 30.2.6 Muntakhabu-t-tawārīkh (Ranking, Lowe, Haig) 30.2.6 - **Language:** English ### [30.2.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.30.2.6) The cloven-heads became as one again when head was thrust against head. The slain were lying on all sides of that verdant plain Like the figures which they weave on the green brocade. Long had they been striving even from morning till evening, face to face, and hair to hair, and hand to hand. The king wished to spread the carpet of victory but to what avail Since the heavens had woven that carpet in another pattern. His auspicious sword did not cease from contest for one moment. From the declining day till night in that day of declining fortune. Oh Lord ! was that blood which flowed over the face of the plain Or was it a river urging its waves toward the lips of the thirsty. Just as water drops to the earth when you sift it in a sieve So the blood dript from the limbs of the weary warriors. The mortally wounded lay in the death-agony writhing on the ground, while from his throat blood burst in billows, spouting in the air. The arrows drove the bodies over the sea of blood like boats, Plying their oars madly and urging their course onwards. The river those (the infidel enemies) to hell and the lake these (the Muslims) to Paradise, although the blood of infidel and lover flowing side by side. - [Previous: 30.2.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.30.2.5) - [Next: 30.3.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.30.3.1) - [Up: 30.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.30.2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.30.2.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.30.2.6) · Pramāṇa