#1
چو بازآورید آن گرانمایه کین
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بر اسپ زریری برافگند زین
“When that noble hero sought to exact his vengeance, he threw his saddle upon his golden steed.”
#2
خرامید تازان به آوردگاه
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به سه بهره کرد آن کیانی سپاه
“He rode galloping toward the battlefield, and divided that Kianian army into three parts.”
#3
ازان سه یکی را به بستور داد
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دگر آن سپهدار فرخ‌نژاد
“He gave one part to Bastur, and that noble-born commander accepted it.”
#4
دگر بهره را بر برادر سپرد
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بزرگان ایران و مردان گرد
“The second part he entrusted to his brother, alongside the grandees and mighty warriors of Iran.”
#5
سیم بهره را سوی خود بازداشت
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که چون ابر غرنده آواز داشت
“The third part he reserved for himself, roaring like a thunderous storm cloud.”
#6
چو بستور فرخنده و پاک تن
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دگر فرش آورد شمشیر زن
“When the blessed and pure-bodied Bastur, alongside Farshavard the sword-wielding hero,”
#7
بهم ایستادند از پیش اوی
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که لشکر شکستن بدی کیش اوی
“Stood together before him whose custom was to shatter enemy hosts,”
#8
همیدون ببستند پیمان برین
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که گر تیغ دشمن بدرد زمین
“They forged a solemn pact: 'Even if the enemy's blade cleaves open the very earth,”
#9
نگردیم یک تن ازین جنگ باز
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نداریم زین بدکنان چنگ باز
“Not one of us shall turn back from this battle, nor stay our hands from these evil-doers.'”
#10
بر اسپان بکردند تنگ استوار
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برفتند یکدل سوی کارزار
“They tightened the girths of their steeds and rode toward the battle with single-hearted resolve.”
#11
چو ایشان فگندند اسپ از میان
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گوان و جوانان ایرانیان
“As those Iranian heroes and youths urged their steeds into the thick of battle,”
#12
همه یکسر از جای برخاستند
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جهان را به جوشن بیاراستند
“They all rose up in unison and adorned the world with their coat of mail.”
#13
ازیشان بکشتند چندان سپاه
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کزان تنگ شد جای آوردگاه
“They slaughtered so vast a host of the enemy that the wide battlefield grew cramped.”
#14
چنان خون همی رفت بر کوه و دشت
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کزان آسیاها به خون بربگشت
“So much blood ran over mountain and plain that watermills could be driven by the crimson flow.”
#15
چو ارجاسپ آن دید کامدش پیش
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ابا نامداران و مردان خویش
“When Arjasp saw what was unfolding before him among his nobles and men,”
#16
گو گردکش نیزه اندر نهاد
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بران گردگیران یبغو نژاد
“And how that champion hero (Esfandiyar) leveled his lance against those brave warriors of Yabghu lineage,”
#17
همی دوختشان سینه‌ها باز پشت
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چنان تا همه سرکشان را بکشت
“Piercing their chests straight through to their backs, until he slew all the chief leaders,”
#18
چو دانست خاقان که ماندند بس
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نیارد شدن پیش او هیچ‌کس
“The Khaqan realized that few were left, and no one dared to stand before him.”
#19
سپه جنب جنبان شد و کار گشت
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همی بود تا روز اندر گذشت
“The enemy host wavered and broke, and so it remained until the day drew to a close.”
#20
همانگاه اندر گریغ اوفتاد
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بشد رویش اندر بیابان نهاد
“At that moment he fell into flight, turning his face toward the open desert.”
#21
پس اندر نهادند ایرانیان
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بدان بی‌مره لشکر چینیان
“Thereupon the Iranians pursued that countless army of China.”
#22
بکشتند زیشان به هر سو بسی
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نبخشودشان ای شگفتی کسی
“They slaughtered them everywhere, and wondrously, no one showed them any mercy.”