#1
چو شب روز شد بامداد پگاه
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بفرمود تا بازگردد سپاه
“When night turned to day at early dawn, he commanded the army to return.”
#2
بیامد دو رخساره همرنگ نی
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چو شب تیره گشت اندر آمد بری
“He returned with his visage dark as indigo; as dusk fell, he retired inside.”
#3
یکی نامه بنوشت نزد پسر
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که کژی به باغ اندر آورد بر
“He wrote a secret letter to his son, saying: 'Deceit has borne fruit within the garden.'”
#4
چنان شد ز بالین ما اردشیر
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کزان سان نجست از کمان ایچ تیر
“'Ardashir has vanished from our pillow so swiftly that no arrow ever sped so fast from a bow.'”
#5
سوی پارس آمد بجویش نهان
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مگوی این سخن با کسی در جهان
“'He has headed toward Pars; hunt for him in secret, and utter not a word of this to anyone in the world.'”