Prince Newzar is a Kianian royal, son of King Goshtasp. Riding his extraordinary steed Shulak, he issued a challenge to the Turanian forces and killed sixty renowned champions with his battle mace before being felled by a siege crossbow arrow.
بیامد پس آن برگزیده سوار / پس شهریار جهان نیوزار
“Then came forward that chosen horseman, Newzar, son of the king of the world.”
Goshtasp • Daqiqi's Narration: The Heroism of Gerami, Bastur, and Newzar, and the Fall of the Kavian Banner
بیت #24065
به زیر اندرون تیزرو شولکی / که نبود چنان از هزاران یکی
“Beneath him was a swift charger named Shulak, such that not one in thousands could match it.”
Goshtasp • Daqiqi's Narration: The Heroism of Gerami, Bastur, and Newzar, and the Fall of the Kavian Banner
بیت #24066
بیامد بران تیره آوردگاه / به آواز گفت ای گزیده سپاه
“He arrived upon that dark battlefield and called out loudly to the chosen army:”
Goshtasp • Daqiqi's Narration: The Heroism of Gerami, Bastur, and Newzar, and the Fall of the Kavian Banner
بیت #24067
کدامست مرد از شما نامدار / جهاندیده و گرد و نیزه‌گزار
“'Which of you is a renowned man, experienced, hero, and master of the spear?'”
Goshtasp • Daqiqi's Narration: The Heroism of Gerami, Bastur, and Newzar, and the Fall of the Kavian Banner
بیت #24068
که پیش من آیند نیزه به دست / که امروز در پیش مرد آمدست
“'To step before me spear in hand, for today he has met a true warrior!'”
Goshtasp • Daqiqi's Narration: The Heroism of Gerami, Bastur, and Newzar, and the Fall of the Kavian Banner
بیت #24069
سواران چین پیش او تاختند / برافگندنش را همی ساختند
“The riders of China charged toward him, striving to strike him down.”
Goshtasp • Daqiqi's Narration: The Heroism of Gerami, Bastur, and Newzar, and the Fall of the Kavian Banner
بیت #24070
سوار جهانجوی مرد دلیر / چو پیل دژآگاه و چون نره شیر
“The world-seeking knight, that brave hero, fought like a furious elephant and a male lion.”
Goshtasp • Daqiqi's Narration: The Heroism of Gerami, Bastur, and Newzar, and the Fall of the Kavian Banner
بیت #24071
همی گشت بر گرد مردان چین / تو گفتی همی بر نوردد زمین
“He whirled among the warriors of China, as though he were rolling up the earth beneath him.”
Goshtasp • Daqiqi's Narration: The Heroism of Gerami, Bastur, and Newzar, and the Fall of the Kavian Banner
بیت #24072
بکشت از گوان جهان شست مرد / دران تاختنها به گرز نبرد
“He slew sixty world-class heroes during those charges with his war mace.”
Goshtasp • Daqiqi's Narration: The Heroism of Gerami, Bastur, and Newzar, and the Fall of the Kavian Banner
بیت #24073
سرانجامش آمد یکی تیر چرخ / چنان آمده بودش از چرخ برخ
“At last, a ballista arrow struck him—for such was the portion decreed to him by the heavens.”
Goshtasp • Daqiqi's Narration: The Heroism of Gerami, Bastur, and Newzar, and the Fall of the Kavian Banner
بیت #24074
بیفتاد زان شولک خوب رنگ / بمرد و نرست اینت فرجام جنگ
“He fell from that handsome steed Shulak and died, escaping not—such was the end of war.”
Goshtasp • Daqiqi's Narration: The Heroism of Gerami, Bastur, and Newzar, and the Fall of the Kavian Banner
بیت #24075
دریغ آن سوار گرانمایه نیز / که افگنده شد رایگان بر نه چیز
“Alas for that glorious warrior too, thrown down needlessly for nothing!”
Goshtasp • Daqiqi's Narration: The Heroism of Gerami, Bastur, and Newzar, and the Fall of the Kavian Banner
بیت #24076
که همچون پدر بود و همتای اوی / دریغ آن نکو روی و بالای اوی
“Who was like his father and his equal; alas for his handsome face and stature!”
Goshtasp • Daqiqi's Narration: The Heroism of Gerami, Bastur, and Newzar, and the Fall of the Kavian Banner
بیت #24077
چو کشته شد آن نامبرده سوار / ز گردان به گردش هزاران هزار
“When that illustrious knight was slain, thousands upon thousands of warriors engaged around his body.”
Goshtasp • Daqiqi's Narration: The Heroism of Gerami, Bastur, and Newzar, and the Fall of the Kavian Banner
بیت #24078