ਭੁਜੰਗ ਪ੍ਰਯਾਤ ਛੰਦ ॥

BHUJANG STANZA

Then Hussain himself entered the fray, all the warriors took up bows and arrows.

The bloody Khans stood firmly and began to fight with faces and eyes red with ire.45.

The terrible battle of valiant warriors began. The arrows, spears and double-edged swords were used by the heroes.

The warriors met being pushed forward and the swords are jingling.46.

The drums and the fifes are resounding, the arms rise to strike blows and the brave fighters are roaring.

The new trumpets resound in great numbers. The chopped heroes are rolling in dust and the sparks arise with the collision of weapons.47.

The helmets and shield have been broken into bits and the great heroes shooting arrows look terrible and not elegant.

The heroic sprits, ghosts, fiends and goblins are dancing. The vampires, female demons and Shiva also are dancing.48.

The Supreme Rudra hath awakened on coming out of the Yogic contemplation. The meditation of Brahma hath been interrupted and all the Siddhas (adepts) in great fear have run away from their abodes.

The Kinnaers, Yakshas and Vidyadhars are laughing and the wives of bards are dancing.49.

The fight was most terrible and the army fled away. The great hero Hussain stood firmly in the fled away. The great hero Hussain stood firmly in the field.

The heroes of Jaswal ran towards him. The horsemen were cut in the manner the cloth is cut (by the tailor).50.

There Hussain stood quite alone like the pole of a flagg fixed in the ground.

Wherever that tenacious warrior shot his arrow, it pierced though the body and went out. 51.

The warriors who were struck by arrows came together against him. From all the four sides, they shouted “kill, kill”.

They carried and struck their weapons very ably. At last Hussain fell down and left for heaven.52.