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Heroic Era (Kianian)

Sohrab

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14 distichs in this chapter
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Reflection on Death and Destiny
#1
اگر تندبادی براید ز کنج
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بخاک افگند نارسیده ترنج
“If a fierce gale blows from a hidden corner, and strikes to the earth an unripe citrus fruit,”
#2
ستمکاره خوانیمش ار دادگر
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هنرمند دانیمش ار بی‌هنر
“Shall we call Fate a tyrant or just? Shall we deem it virtuous or void of wisdom?”
#3
اگر مرگ دادست بیداد چیست
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ز داد این همه بانگ و فریاد چیست
“If death is true justice, then what is tyranny? And why this lament and outcry against justice?”
#4
ازین راز جان تو آگاه نیست
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بدین پرده اندر ترا راه نیست
“Your soul is unversed in this deepest mystery; you have no path behind this veiled curtain.”
#5
همه تا در آز رفته فراز
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به کس بر نشد این در راز باز
“Though all have striven up to the door of longing, to none has this portal of secrets ever opened.”
#6
برفتن مگر بهتر آیدش جای
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چو آرام یابد به دیگر سرای
“Perchance in departing, a grander place awaits, where the spirit finds rest in the eternal realm.”
#7
دم مرگ چون آتش هولناک
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ندارد ز برنا و فرتوت باک
“The breath of death, like a fearsome fire, spares neither the tender young nor the aged.”
#8
درین جای رفتن نه جای درنگ
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بر اسپ فنا گر کشد مرگ تنگ
“This world is a place of passing, no place to tarry, when death tightens its reins upon the steed of doom.”
#9
چنان دان که دادست و بیداد نیست
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چو داد آمدش جای فریاد نیست
“Know it to be absolute justice and not tyranny; when true justice arrives, there is no cause for lament.”
#10
جوانی و پیری به نزدیک مرگ
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یکی دان چو اندر بدن نیست برگ
“Youth and old age are as one in the eyes of death, once the leaf of life fades within the frame.”
#11
دل از نور ایمان گر آگنده‌ای
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ترا خامشی به که تو بنده‌ای
“If your heart is filled with the light of faith, silence becomes you, for you are but a humble servant.”
#12
برین کار یزدان ترا راز نیست
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اگر جانت با دیو انباز نیست
“Unto these deeds of God you have no secret key, unless your soul has partnered with the Div.”
#13
به گیتی دران کوش چون بگذری
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سرانجام نیکی بر خود بری
“In this mortal realm, strive so that when you depart, you bear the harvest of goodness as your final fate.”
#14
کنون رزم سهراب رانم نخست
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ازان کین که او با پدر چون بجست
“Now I shall tell first of Sohrab’s fateful battle, and how he sought strife against his own father.”

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