#1
برو نیز بگذشت سال دراز
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سر تاجور اندر آمد به گاز
“Upon him also many long years passed by, until the crowned head was brought into the pressing shears of fate.”
#2
یکی پور بودش دلارام بود
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ورا نام بهرام بهرام بود
“He had a beloved son who brought comfort to his heart, named Bahram, the son of Bahram.”
#3
بیاورد و بنشاندش زیر تخت
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بدو گفت کای سبز شاخ درخت
“He brought him forth and seated him beneath the throne, saying to him: "O green branch of the royal tree!”
#4
نبودم فراوان من از تخت شاد
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همه روزگار تو فرخنده باد
“I enjoyed no lengthy bliss upon this throne; may all your days be blessed and fortunate.”
#5
سراینده باش و فزاینده باش
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شب و روز بآرامش و خنده باش
“Be joyful, generous, and ever-thriving; spend your nights and days in tranquility and laughter.”
#6
چنان رو که پرسند روز شمار
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نپیچی سر از شرم پروردگار
“Walk in such righteousness that when questioned on the Day of Reckoning, you turn not your head away in shame before the Lord.”
#7
به داد و دهش گیتی آباد دار
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دل زیردستان خود شاد دار
“Keep the world prosperous through justice and bounty, and bring joy to the hearts of those beneath your rule.”
#8
که برکس نماند جهان جاودان
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نه بر تاجدار و نه بر موبدان
“For this world remains forever to no one—neither to the crown-wearer nor to the Zoroastrian high priests.”
#9
تو از چرخ گردان مدان این ستم
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چو از باد چندی گذاری به دم
“Deem not this cruelty to be solely from the spinning sky, for like the wind, you pass through life in a brief breath.”
#10
به سه سال و سه ماه و بر سر سه روز
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تهی ماند زو تخت گیتی فروز
“After three years, three months, and three days, the world-illuminating throne was left vacant of him.”
#11
چو بهرام گیتی به بهرام داد
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پسر مر ورا دخمه آرام داد
“When Bahram passed the realm to Bahram, the son granted him rest within a royal tomb.”
#12
چنین بود تا بود چرخ بلند
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به اندُه چه داری دلت را نژند
“Such has been the way of the high heavens since time began; why then sadden your heart with grief?”
#13
چه گویی چه جویی چه شاید بُدَن
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برین داستانی نشاید زدن
“What would you say, what do you seek, and what can truly be? Upon this tale, no further story can be fashioned.”
#14
روانت گر از آز فرتوت نیست
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نشست تو جز تنگ تابوت نیست
“Unless your soul is decayed by greed, know that your final dwelling is naught but a narrow coffin.”
#15
اگر مرگ دارد چنین طبع گرگ
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پر از می یکی جام خواهم بزرگ
“Since death possesses such a wolfish nature, I crave a goblet brimful of grand wine.”