#1
چو رستم ز مازندران گشت باز
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شه اندر زمان رزم را کرد ساز
“When Rostam returned from Mazandaran, the King straightway made ready for war.”
#2
سراپرده از شهر بیرون کشید
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سپه را همه سوی هامون کشید
“He pitched his royal tent outside the city and led the entire army out into the plains.”
#3
سپاهی که خورشید شد ناپدید
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چو گرد سیاه از میان بردمید
“Such was the host that the sun vanished from sight when a black cloud of dust rose from their midmost ranks.”
#4
نه دریا پدید و نه هامون و کوه
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زمین آمد از پای اسپان ستوه
“Neither sea, plain, nor mountain remained visible, while the very earth grew weary beneath the hooves of steeds.”
#5
همی راند لشکر بران سان دمان
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نجست ایچ هنگام رفتن زمان
“Thus impetuously he drove the host onward, granting no respite nor wasting any time on the march.”