In his old age when the Bakhtiari tribe of southwestern Iran is about to migrate Karbala-ye Zal (Kol Zal) decides to wait for their return in a cave. He recounts the courageous exploits of his days as a young fighter, for an old woman named Dalu Sangin Mah who wanders into his cave one night as she is about to kill herself. Dalu Sangin Mah realizes Karbala-ye Zal is the same Bakhtiari man who had been in love with her in his youth and had fought over her with the son of Abbas Qoli. By the time the tribe returns both Karbala-ye Zal and Dalu Sangin Mah have died.