#1
به هشتم بیامد به دشت شکار
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خود و روزبه با سواری هزار
“Upon his eighth hunt he arrived at the chasing plain, accompanied by Ruzbeh and a thousand horsemen.”
#2
همه دشت یکسر پر از گور دید
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ز قربان کمان کیان برکشید
“He beheld the entire plain filled with wild onagers, and drew his Kayanid bow from the quiver.”
#3
دو زاغ کمان را به زه بر نهاد
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ز یزدان پیروزگر کرد یاد
“He set the bow's notches to the string and remembered the Victorious God.”
#4
بهاران و گوران شده جفت جوی
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ز کشتن به روی اندر آورده روی
“It was spring, and the onagers were seeking mates, pressing their faces together in passion.”
#5
همی پوست کند این ازآن آن ازین
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ز خونشان شده لعل روی زمین
“They nipped at each other's hides, until the surface of the earth turned ruby-red with their blood.”
#6
همی بود بهرام تا گور نر
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به مستی جدا شد یک از یک دگر
“Bahram bided his time until a brave male onager parted from the rest in its mating passion.”
#7
چو پیروز شد نره گور دلیر
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یکی ماده را اندر آورد زیر
“When that brave male onager emerged victorious, it mounted upon a female.”
#8
به زه داشت بهرام جنگی کمان
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بخندید چون گور شد شادمان
“Bahram held his war-bow strung; he smiled as the wild onager became joyful.”
#9
بزد تیر بر پشت آن گور نر
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گذر کرد بر گور پیکان و پر
“He loosed an arrow into the back of that male onager; point and fletching passed straight through the beast.”
#10
نر و ماده را هر دو بر هم بدوخت
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دل لشکر از زخم او بر فروخت
“It pinned both male and female together, and the army's heart caught fire at his shot.”
#11
ز لشکر هرانکس که آن زخم دید
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بران شهریار آفرین گسترید
“Whoever among the troops witnessed that shot bestowed glowing praise upon the monarch,”
#12
که چشم بد از فر تو دور باد
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همه روزگاران تو سور باد
“Saying: 'May the evil eye be far from your divine glory, and may all your days be a celebration!”
#13
به مردی تواندر زمانه نوی
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که هم شاه و هم خسرو و هم گوی
“In manliness you stand peerless in the era, for you are at once king, monarch, and hero!'”