#1
چو با خستگی چشمها برگشاد
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بدید آن بداندیش روی شغاد
“When he opened his eyes in his wounded state, he saw the face of the evil-minded Shaghad.”
#2
بدانست کان چاره و راه اوست
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شغاد فریبنده بدخواه اوست
“He knew then that this trickery was his doing, and that treacherous Shaghad was his malicious foe.”
#3
بدو گفت کای مرد بدبخت و شوم
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ز کار تو ویران شد آباد بوم
“He said to him: 'O wretched and ill-omened man, through your action a prosperous land has been ruined!'”
#4
پشیمانی آید ترا زین سخن
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بپیچی ازین بد نگردی کهن
“'Regret shall seize you for this deed; you will writhe in agony from this evil and shall not grow old.'”
#5
برو با فرامرز و یکتاه باش
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به جان و دل او را نکوخواه باش
“'Go to Faramarz and be at one with him; be well-disposed to him in heart and soul.'”
#6
چنین پاسخ آورد ناکس شغاد
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که گردون گردان ترا داد داد
“The vile Shaghad gave answer thus: 'Turning fortune has dealt you your true justice!'”
#7
تو چندین چه یازی به خون ریختن
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به هر سو به تاراج و آویختن
“'Why did you stretch your hand so far to shed blood, to pillage and fight on every side?'”
#8
ز کابل نخوا هی دگر بار سیم
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نه شاهان شوند از تو زین پس به بیم
“'No longer shall you demand silver from Kabul, nor shall kings fear you from this day forth!'”
#9
گَه آمد که بر تو سرآید زمان
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شوی کشته در دام آهرمنان
“'The time has come for your life to end, to be slain in the snare of demonic enemies.'”
#10
هم‌انگه سپهدار کابل ز راه
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ز دشت اندر آمد به نخچیرگاه
“At that moment, the commander of Kabul came off the road from the plain into the hunting ground.”
#11
گو پیلتن را چنان خسته دید
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همان خستگیهاش نابسته دید
“He saw the elephant-bodied hero so grievously wounded, his injuries remaining open and unbound.”
#12
بدو گفت کای نامدار سپاه
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چه بودت برین دشت نخچیرگاه
“He said to him: 'O famed commander of the host, what has befell you in this hunting place?'”
#13
شوم زود چندی پزشک آورم
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ز درد تو خونین سرشک آورم
“'I shall quickly go and bring physicians, and weep bloody tears for your pain!'”
#14
مگر خستگیهات گردد درست
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نباید مرا رخ به خوناب شست
“'So that perchance your wounds may be healed, lest I must wash my face in tears of blood.'”
#15
تهمتن چنین داد پاسخ بدوی
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که ای مرد بدگوهر چاره‌جوی
“Tahamtan thus answered him: 'O evil-natured, scheming man!'”
#16
سر آمد مرا روزگار پزشک
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تو بر من مپالای خونین سرشک
“'My time for physicians is past; do not shed bloody tears over me.'”
#17
فراوان نمانی سرآید زمان
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کسی زنده برنگذرد باسمان
“'You too shall not endure for long; your time will end, for no living soul passes alive into heaven.'”
#18
نه من بیش دارم ز جمشید فر
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که ببرید بیور میانش به ار
“'I have no greater Glory than Jamshid, whose waist Bivar sawed through with a saw.'”
#19
نه از آفریدون وز کیقباد
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بزرگان و شاهان فرخ‌نژاد
“'Nor more than Fereydun and Kay Qobad, those great and auspiciously-born kings.'”
#20
گلوی سیاوش به خنجر برید
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گروی زره چون زمانش رسید
“'Gorui Zereh slit the throat of Siyavash with a dagger when his appointed hour arrived.'”
#21
همه شهریاران ایران بدند
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به رزم اندرون نره شیران بدند
“'They were all rulers of Iran, all fierce lions in the midst of battle.'”
#22
برفتند و ما دیرتر ماندیم
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چو شیر ژیان برگذر ماندیم
“'They departed, and we remained longer behind; like roaring lions we lingered in the pass.'”
#23
فرامرز پور جهان‌بین من
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بیاید بخواهد ز تو کین من
“'My world-discerning son Faramarz shall come and demand my vengeance from you.'”
#24
چنین گفت پس با شغاد پلید
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که اکنون که بر من چنین بد رسید
“He then spoke thus to the vile Shaghad: 'Now that such misfortune has reached me...'”
#25
ز ترکش برآور کمان مرا
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به کار آور آن ترجمان مرا
“'...bring out my bow from the quiver; bring to service that interpreter of my heart.'”
#26
به زه کن بنه پیش من با دو تیر
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نباید که آن شیر نخچیرگیر
“'String it and place it before me with two arrows, lest that prey-capturing lion...'”
#27
ز دشت اندر آید ز بهر شکار
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من اینجا فتاده چنین تن‌فگار
“'...come in from the plain to hunt while I lie here thus wounded in body...'”
#28
ببیند مرا زو گزند آیدم
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کمانی بود سودمند آیدم
“'...and see me and bring harm upon me. A bow will prove useful to me.'”
#29
ندرد مگر ژنده شیری تنم
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زمانی بود تن به خاک افگنم
“'Lest a giant lion tear my flesh, until the moment I lay my body to the dust.'”
#30
شغاد آمد آن چرخ را برکشید
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به زه کرد و یک بارش اندر کشید
“Shaghad came and drew up that bow; he strung it and pulled it back once.”
#31
بخندید و پیش تهمتن نهاد
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به مرگ برادر همی بود شاد
“He laughed and placed it before Tahamtan, rejoicing at his brother's approaching death.”
#32
تهمتن به سختی کمان برگرفت
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بدان خستگی تیرش اندر گرفت
“Tahamtan took the bow with great effort; despite his grievous wound, he notched his arrow.”
#33
برادر ز تیرش بترسید سخت
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بیامد سپر کرد تن را درخت
“His brother feared his arrow greatly; he went and made a tree his shield.”
#34
درختی بدید از برابر چنار
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بروبر گذشته بسی روزگار
“He saw a plane tree right in front of him, over which many long ages had passed.”
#35
میانش تهی بار و برگش بجای
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نهان شد پسش مرد ناپاک رای
“Its center was hollow, but its leaves and branches remained; behind it hid that evil-minded man.”
#36
چو رستم چنان دید بفراخت دست
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چنان خسته از تیر بگشاد شست
“When Rostam saw him thus, he raised his arm; so wounded, he released the bowstring from his thumb-ring.”
#37
درخت و برادر بهم بر بدوخت
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به هنگام رفتن دلش برفروخت
“He pinned the tree and his brother together; at the moment of departure, his heart glowed bright.”
#38
شغاد از پس زخم او آه کرد
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تهمتن برو درد کوتاه کرد
“Shaghad groaned from the impact of that wound, and Tahamtan cut short his agony.”
#39
بدو گفت رستم ز یزدان سپاس
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که بودم همه ساله یزدان‌شناس
“Rostam said to him: 'Thanks be to God, for I have been God-fearing all my life.'”
#40
ازان پس که جانم رسیده به لب
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برین کین من، روز نامد به شب
“'Even when my soul has reached my lips, before day turned to night, my revenge was taken.'”
#41
مرا زور دادی که از مرگ پیش
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ازین بی‌وفا خواستم کین خویش
“'You gave me strength so that before my death, I sought my vengeance from this faithless traitor.'”
#42
بگفت این و جانش برآمد ز تن
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برو زار و گریان شدند انجمن
“He spoke this and his soul departed from his body; all the assembled company wept bitterly for him.”
#43
زواره به چاهی دگر در بمرد
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سواری نماند از بزرگان و خرد
“Zavareh also died in another pit; no rider remained among the great or the small.”