#1
بیامد سر سروران سپاه
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پسر تهم جاماسپ دستور شاه
“Then stepped forward the chief of the army's chieftains, the son of brave Jamasp, the king's wise minister.”
#2
نبرده سواری گرامیش نام
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به مانندهٔ پور دستان سام
“A battle-tested rider named Gerami, matching in strength the son of Dastan son of Sam.”
#3
یکی چرمه‌ای برنشسته سمند
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یکی گام زن بارهٔ بی‌گزند
“Mounted upon a swift dun steed, an unblemished, fast-stepping warhorse.”
#4
چمانندهٔ چرمهٔ نونده جوان
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یکی کوه پاره ست گوی روان
“Prancing his swift charger, the youth moved like a moving mountain of iron.”
#5
به پیش صف چینیان ایستاد
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خداوند بهزاد را کرد یاد
“He stood before the ranks of the Turanian-Chinese army and invoked the master of Behzad.”
#6
کدامست گفت از شما شیردل
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که آید سوی نیزهٔ جان گسل
“He cried out: 'Which of you is lion-hearted enough to face my deadly spear?'”
#7
کجا باشد آن جادوی خویش کام
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کجا خواست نام و هزارانش نام
“'Where is that self-willed sorcerer? Where is Namkhast who boasts a thousand titles?'”
#8
برفت آن زمان پیش او نامخواست
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تو گفتی که همچو ستونست راست
“Then Namkhast stepped forward to meet him, standing tall like a pillar of stone.”
#9
بگشتند هر دو سوار هژیر
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به گرز و به نیزه به شمشیر و تیر
“The two brave horsemen fought together with mace, spear, sword, and arrows.”
#10
گرامی گوی بود با زور شیر
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نتابید با او سوار دلیر
“Gerami possessed the strength of a lion, and the brave enemy rider could not withstand him.”
#11
گرفت از گرامی نبرده گریغ
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گرامی کفش بود برنده تیغ
“Namkhast turned and fled from Gerami, whose hand wielded a razor-sharp blade.”
#12
گرامی خرامید با خشم تیز
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دل از کینهٔ کشتگان پر ستیز
“Gerami charged forward in intense fury, his heart burning with vengeance for the slain.”
#13
میان صف دشمن اندر فتاد
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پس از دامن کوه برخاست باد
“He hurled himself into the midst of the enemy ranks, as a gale blows from the foot of a mountain.”
#14
سپاه از دو رو بر هم آویختند
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و گرد از دو لشکر برانگیختند
“The armies clashed violently from both sides, raising dense clouds of dust from the two hosts.”
#15
بدان شورش اندر میان سپاه
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ازان زخم گردان و گرد سیاه
“In that tumult among the troops, amid the deadly blows of heroes and thick black dust,”
#16
بیفتاد از دست ایرانیان
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درفش فروزندهٔ کاویان
“There fell from the hands of the Iranians the radiant Kavian Banner.”
#17
گرامی بدید آن درفش چو نیل
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که افگنده بودند از پشت پیل
“Gerami beheld that indigo standard, which had been cast down from the back of an elephant.”
#18
فرود آمد و بر گرفت آن ز خاک
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بیفشاند از خاک و بسترد پاک
“He dismounted and lifted it from the dirt, brushed off the dust, and wiped it clean.”
#19
چو او را بدیدند گردان چین
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که آن نیزهٔ نامدار گزین
“When the warriors of China saw that he held that chosen, illustrious spear shaft,”
#20
ازان خاک برداشت ، بسترد و برد
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به گردش گرفتند مردان گرد
“Had lifted it from the dust and cleaned it, the brave soldiers encircled him.”
#21
ز هر سو به گردش همی تاختند
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به شمشیر دستش بینداختند
“They charged at him from every side, and with a sword cut off his hand.”
#22
درفش فریدون به دندان گرفت
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همی زد به یک دست گرز ای شگفت
“He seized Fereydun's standard with his teeth, while swinging his mace with his remaining hand—an astonishing sight!”
#23
سرانجام کارش بکشتند زار
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بران گرم خاکش فگندند خوار
“In the end they killed him piteously, throwing him down upon that burning dust.”
#24
دریغ آن نبرده سوار هژبر
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که بازش ندید آن خردمند پیر
“Alas for that brave lion-like rider, whom his wise old father would never see again!”
#25
بیامد هم آنگاه بستور شیر
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نبرده کیان زاده پور زریر
“Then came forward Bastur the lion, the brave Kianian prince, son of Zarir.”
#26
بکشت او ازان دشمنان بی‌شمار
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که آویخت اندر بد روزگار
“He slew countless numbers of those enemies with whom he engaged in that evil hour.”
#27
سرانجام برگشت پیروز و شاد
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به پیش پدر باز شد و ایستاد
“At last he returned victorious and joyful, standing before his father's presence.”
#28
بیامد پس آن برگزیده سوار
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پس شهریار جهان نیوزار
“Then came forward that chosen horseman, Newzar, son of the king of the world.”
#29
به زیر اندرون تیزرو شولکی
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که نبود چنان از هزاران یکی
“Beneath him was a swift charger named Shulak, such that not one in thousands could match it.”
#30
بیامد بران تیره آوردگاه
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به آواز گفت ای گزیده سپاه
“He arrived upon that dark battlefield and called out loudly to the chosen army:”
#31
کدامست مرد از شما نامدار
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جهاندیده و گرد و نیزه‌گزار
“'Which of you is a renowned man, experienced, hero, and master of the spear?'”
#32
که پیش من آیند نیزه به دست
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که امروز در پیش مرد آمدست
“'To step before me spear in hand, for today he has met a true warrior!'”
#33
سواران چین پیش او تاختند
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برافگندنش را همی ساختند
“The riders of China charged toward him, striving to strike him down.”
#34
سوار جهانجوی مرد دلیر
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چو پیل دژآگاه و چون نره شیر
“The world-seeking knight, that brave hero, fought like a furious elephant and a male lion.”
#35
همی گشت بر گرد مردان چین
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تو گفتی همی بر نوردد زمین
“He whirled among the warriors of China, as though he were rolling up the earth beneath him.”
#36
بکشت از گوان جهان شست مرد
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دران تاختنها به گرز نبرد
“He slew sixty world-class heroes during those charges with his war mace.”
#37
سرانجامش آمد یکی تیر چرخ
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چنان آمده بودش از چرخ برخ
“At last, a ballista arrow struck him—for such was the portion decreed to him by the heavens.”
#38
بیفتاد زان شولک خوب رنگ
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بمرد و نرست اینت فرجام جنگ
“He fell from that handsome steed Shulak and died, escaping not—such was the end of war.”
#39
دریغ آن سوار گرانمایه نیز
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که افگنده شد رایگان بر نه چیز
“Alas for that glorious warrior too, thrown down needlessly for nothing!”
#40
که همچون پدر بود و همتای اوی
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دریغ آن نکو روی و بالای اوی
“Who was like his father and his equal; alas for his handsome face and stature!”
#41
چو کشته شد آن نامبرده سوار
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ز گردان به گردش هزاران هزار
“When that illustrious knight was slain, thousands upon thousands of warriors engaged around his body.”
#42
بهر گوشه‌ای بر هم آویختند
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ز روی زمین گرد انگیختند
“They clashed in every corner, kicking up dust from the surface of the earth.”
#43
برآمد برین رزم کردن دو هفت
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کزیشان سواری زمانی نخفت
“This intense fighting lasted for two sevens (fourteen days), during which no rider slept for a moment.”
#44
زمینها پر از کشته و خسته شد
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سراپرده‌ها نیز بربسته شد
“The lands were filled with the slain and wounded, and the royal pavilions were closed up.”
#45
در و دشتها شد همه لاله‌گون
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به دشت و بیابان همی رفت خون
“Valleys and plains turned tulip-red; blood flowed endlessly across the desert and wild.”
#46
چنان بد ز بس کشته آن رزمگاه
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که بد می‌توانست رفتن به راه
“So densely strewn with the fallen slain was that field of war, that one could scarcely find a path to tread.”