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Historical Era (Parthian & Sasanian)

Bezehgar

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17 distichs in this chapter
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Yazdegerd's Dread of Death, the Prophecy of the Spring of Su, and the Royal Affliction
#1
وزان پس غم و شادی یزدگرد
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چنان گشت بر پور چون باد ارد
“Thereafter, the grief and joy of Yazdegerd passed over his son like the sweeping wind of Ord.”
#2
برین نیز چندی زمان برگذشت
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به ایران پدر پور فرخ به دشت
“A length of time thus elapsed, while in Iran the father ruled and the auspicious son abode in the plain.”
#3
ز شاهی پراندیشه شد یزدگرد
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ز هر کشوری موبدان کرد گرد
“Yazdegerd grew deeply anxious over his royal fate, and gathered mobads from every land.”
#4
به اخترشناسان بفرمود شاه
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که تا کردهر یک به اختر نگاه
“The king commanded the astrologers to gaze upon the stars and divine his destiny.”
#5
که تا کی بود در جهان مرگ اوی
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کجا تیره گردد سر و ترگ اوی
“To know when his death in this world would come, and where his head and helm would turn dark in death.”
#6
چه باشد کجا باشد آن روزگار
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که پژمرده گردد گل شهریار
“What manner of day it would be, and in what place the flower of the monarch's life should wither away.”
#7
ستاره‌شمر گفت کاین خود مباد
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که شاه جهان گیرد از مرگ یاد
“The astrologer said, 'May it never be that the king of the world should recall his own demise!'”
#8
چو بخت شهنشاه بدرو شود
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از ایدر سوی چشمهٔ سو شود
“'Yet when the Emperor's fortune wanes, he shall journey from here toward the Spring of Su.'”
#9
فراز آورد لشکر و بوق و کوس
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به شادی نظاره شود سوی طوس
“'He shall assemble an army with trumpets and drums, and set out in joy toward Tus.'”
#10
بر آن جایگه بر بود هوش اوی
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چو این راز بگذشت بر گوش اوی
“'In that very spot his consciousness shall cease.' When this secret fell upon his ear...”
#11
ازین دانش ار یادگیری به دست
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که این راز در پردهٔ ایزدست
“If you gain any wisdom from this knowledge, know that this secret lies veiled within God's decree.”
#12
چو بشنید زو شاه سوگند خورد
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به خراد برزین و خورشید زرد
“Hearing this, the king swore an oath by Khurad Burzin and the yellow sun,”
#13
که من چشمهٔ سو نبینم به چشم
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نه هنگام شادی نه هنگام خشم
“'Never shall my eyes behold the Spring of Su, neither in times of joy nor in moments of wrath!'”
#14
برین نیز برگشت گردون سه ماه
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زمانه به جوش آمد از خون شاه
“Three months the heavens turned upon this; the age boiled with the blood shed by the king.”
#15
چو بیدادگر شد شبان با رمه
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بدو بازگردد بدیها همه
“When the shepherd turns tyrannical toward the flock, all evil recoils back upon him.”
#16
ز بینیش بگشاد یک روز خون
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پزشک آمد از هر سوی رهنمون
“One day, blood poured forth from his nose, and physicians rushed from every quarter to guide his treatment.”
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به دارو چو یک هفته بستی پزشک
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دگر هفته خون آمدی چون سرشک
“When physicians bound it with medicine for one week, in the next week blood flowed like tears once more.”

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