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Heroic Era (Kianian)

Esfandyar

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20 distichs in this chapter
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Esfandiyar's Scorn of Rostam's Ancestry
#1
چنین گفت با رستم اسفندیار
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که ای نیک دل مهتر نامدار
“Thus spoke Esfandiyar unto Rostam: 'O noble-hearted, famous chieftain...'”
#2
من ایدون شنیدستم از بخردان
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بزرگان و بیداردل موبدان
“'I have heard thus from the wise, from the great elders and vigilant Mobads...'”
#3
ازان برگذشته نیاکان تو
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سرافراز و دین‌دار و پاکان تو
“'...Concerning your bygone ancestors, your proud, religious, and pure lineage,'”
#4
که دستان بدگوهر دیوزاد
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به گیتی فزونی ندارد نژاد
“'That Dastan, evil-natured and born of demons, has no worthy lineage in this world!'”
#5
فراوان ز سامش نهان داشتند
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همی رستخیز جهان داشتند
“'Long did they keep him hidden from Sam, fearing a catastrophic upheaval in the world.'”
#6
تنش تیره بد موی و رویش سپید
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چو دیدش دل سام شد ناامید
“'His body was dark, but his hair and face white; when Sam saw him, his heart fell into despair.'”
#7
بفرمود تا پیش دریا برند
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مگر مرغ و ماهی ورا بشکرند
“'He ordered him taken to the shores of the sea, so birds and fish might prey upon him.'”
#8
بیامد بگسترد سیمرغ پر
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ندید اندرو هیچ آیین و فر
“'The Simorgh came down and spread its wings, seeing no majesty or divine grace in him.'”
#9
ببردش به جایی که بودش کنام
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ز دستان مر او را خورش بود کام
“'It carried him off to its mountain lair, intending Dastan to be food for its young.'”
#10
اگر چند سیمرغ ناهار بود
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تن زال پیش اندرش خوار بود
“'Though the Simorgh was hungry, Zal's wretched body was beneath its appetite.'”
#11
بینداختش پس به پیش کنام
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به دیدار او کس نبد شادکام
“'So it cast him down before the nest, where none was pleased by his sight.'”
#12
همی خورد افگنده مردار اوی
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ز جامه برهنه تن خوار اوی
“'There he lay naked and wretched, feeding on thrown-off carrion.'”
#13
چو افگند سیمرغ بر زال مهر
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برو گشت زین گونه چندی سپهر
“'Until at last the Simorgh felt pity for Zal, as time rolled on above him.'”
#14
ازان پس که مردار چندی چشید
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برهنه سوی سیستانش کشید
“'After he had tasted carrion for a time, it carried him naked back toward Sistan.'”
#15
پذیرفت سامش ز بی‌بچگی
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ز نادانی و دیوی و غرچگی
“'Sam accepted him only out of childlessness, sheer ignorance, demonic taint, and wildness.'”
#16
خجسته بزرگان و شاهان من
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نیای من و نیکخواهان من
“'Yet my blessed ancestors and kings, my forebears and noble well-wishers...'”
#17
ورا برکشیدند و دادند چیز
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فراوان برین سال بگذشت نیز
“'...Exalted him and bestowed riches upon him, and many years passed thus.'”
#18
یکی سرو بد نابسوده سرش
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چو با شاخ شد رستم آمد برش
“'He was like an untouched cypress; when it bore branches, Rostam was born beside it.'”
#19
ز مردی و بالا و دیدار اوی
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به گردون برآمد چنین کار اوی
“'Through his valor, tall stature, and presence, his fame rose up to the heavens.'”
#20
برین گونه پادشاهی گرفت
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ببالید و ناپارسایی گرفت
“'Thus he seized power, grew in might, and fell into unrighteousness!'”

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