#1
چو دوزخ بدانست و راه بهشت
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عُزیر و مسیح و ره زردهشت
“When he came to understand Hell and the path to Paradise, studying Ezra, Christ, and the way of Zoroaster,”
#2
نیامد همی‌زند و استش درست
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دو رخ را به آب مسیحا بشست
“The Zand and Avesta did not ring true to his heart; thus, he washed his face in the baptismal waters of Christ.”
#3
ز دین پدر کیش مادر گرفت
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زمانه بدو مانده اندر شگفت
“He turned away from the faith of his royal father and adopted the creed of his mother, leaving the world in utter astonishment.”
#4
چنان تنگدل گشته زو شهریار
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که از گل نیامد جز از خار بار
“The monarch grew so deeply grieved by his son's path, lamenting that from his rose had grown naught but a sharp thorn.”
#5
در کاخ و فرخنده ایوان او
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ببستند و کردند زندان او
“They barred the doors of his grand palace and splendid hall, converting his royal abode into a prison.”
#6
نشستنگهش جند شاپور بود
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از ایران وز باختر دور بود
“His place of confinement became Gondeshapur, far removed from the heart of Iran and the western frontiers.”
#7
بسی بسته و پر گزندان بدند
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برین بهره با او به زندان بدند
“Many other fettered and afflicted prisoners shared his fate, confined alongside him in that place of exile.”