#1
چو جاماسپ گفت این سپیده دمید
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فروغ ستاره بشد ناپدید
“When Jamasp spoke thus, the dawn broke, and the radiance of the stars vanished.”
#2
سپه را به هامون فرود آورید
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بزد کوس بر پیل و لشکر کشید
“Bring the army down to the plain! He struck the war drums upon the elephants and led the host.”
#3
وزانجا خرامید تا رزمگاه
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فرود آورید آن گزیده سپاه
“And from there he marched to the battlefield, bringing down that chosen host.”
#4
به گاهی که باد سپیده دمان
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به کاخ آرد از باغ بوی گلان
“At the hour when the morning breeze carries the fragrance of garden flowers into the palace,”
#5
فرستاده بد هر سوی دیده‌بان
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چنانچون بود رسم آزادگان
“Scouts had been dispatched to every quarter, as is the custom of noble lords.”
#6
بیامد سواری و گفتا به شاه
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که شاها به نزدیکی آمد سپاه
“A rider arrived and said to the king: 'O King of the earth, the enemy army has drawn near!'”
#7
سپاهیست ای شهریار زمین
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که هرگز چنان نامد از ترک و چین
“'Such a host, O monarch of the world, as has never before come out of Turkestan and China.'”
#8
به نزدیکی ما فرود آمدند
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به کوه و در و دشت خیمه زدند
“'They have camped near us, pitching their tents across mountain, pass, and plain.'”
#9
سپهدارشان دیده‌بان برگزید
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فرستاد و دیده به دیده رسید
“Their commander chose scouts and sent them out, and scout met scout in the field.”
#10
پس آزاده گشتاسپ شاه دلیر
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سپهبدش را خواند فرخ زریر
“Then the noble King Goshtasp, the brave, called his commander, the blessed Zarir.”
#11
درفشی بدو داد و گفتا بتاز
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بیارای پیلان و لشکر بساز
“He gave him a banner and said: 'Hasten, array the war-elephants, and organize the host!'”
#12
سپهبد بشد لشکرش راست کرد
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همی رزم سالار چین خواست کرد
“The commander went and arranged his army, preparing to do battle with the Lord of China.”
#13
بدادش جهاندار پنجه هزار
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سوار گزیده به اسفندیار
“The ruler gave fifty thousand elite horsemen to Esfandiyar.”
#14
بدو داد یک دست زان لشکرش
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که شیری دلش بود و پیلی برش
“He assigned one wing of the army to him, who had the heart of a lion and the chest of an elephant.”
#15
دگر دست لشکرش را همچنان
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برآراست از شیر دل سرکشان
“The other wing of his host he likewise arrayed with lion-hearted, exalted warriors.”
#16
به گرد گرامی سپرد آن سپاه
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که شیر جهان بود و همتای شاه
“He entrusted the center to Grami, who was the lion of the world and the peer of the king.”
#17
پس پشت لشکر به بستور داد
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چراغ سپهدار خسرو نژاد
“The rear of the host he gave to Bastur, the luminous lamp of royal lineage.”
#18
چو لشکر بیاراست و بر شد به کوه
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غمی گشته از رنج و گشته ستوه
“When he had arrayed the army, he ascended the mountain, grieved and weary from hardship.”
#19
نشست از بر خوب تابنده گاه
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همی کرد زانجا به لشکر نگاه
“He sat upon a splendid, radiant throne and looked out upon his host from there.”
#20
پس ارجاسپ شاه دلیران چین
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بیاراست لشکرش را همچنین
“Then Arjasp, the brave king of China, arrayed his host in similar fashion.”
#21
جدا کرد از خلخی سی هزار
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جهان آزموده نبرده سوار
“He separated thirty thousand battle-tested, victorious horsemen of Khallukh.”
#22
فرستادشان سوی آن بیدرفش
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که کوس مهین داشت و رنگین درفش
“He sent them to Bidarafsh, who held the great drum and the colorful banner.”
#23
بدو داد یک دست زان لشکرش
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که شیر ژیان نامدی همبرش
“He assigned one wing of the army to him, whom no ferocious lion could equal.”
#24
دگر دست را داد بر گرگسار
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بدادش سوار گزین صدهزار
“The other wing he assigned to Gorgsar, placing a hundred thousand elite riders under him.”
#25
میان‌گاه لشکرش را همچنین
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سپاهی بیاراست خوب و گزین
“The center of his host he likewise arrayed with a fine and noble force.”
#26
بدادش بدان جادوی خویش کام
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کجا نام خواست و هزارانش نام
“He gave it to his wizard Namkhwast, where thousands of named warriors stood.”
#27
خود و صدهزاران سواران گرد
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نموده همه در جهان دستبرد
“He himself, with a hundred thousand valiant riders, all proven warriors in the world,”
#28
نگاهش همی داشت پشت سپاه
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همی کرد هر سوی لشکر نگاه
“Guarded the rearguard of the host and surveyed the army from every side.”
#29
پسر داشتی یک گرانمایه مرد
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جهاندیده و دیده هر گرم و سرد
“That noble ruler had a son, experienced and seasoned by every hardship of life.”
#30
سواری جهاندیده نامش کهرم
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رسیده بسی بر سرش سرد و گرم
“A seasoned warrior named Kahram, over whose head many ups and downs had passed.”
#31
مران پور خود را سپهدار کرد
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بران لشکر گشن سالار کرد
“He appointed that son of his as army commander, making him chief over that immense host.”