#1
چنین داد پاسخ ورانوش‌زاد
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که‌ای پیر فرتوت سر پر ز باد
“Nushzad thus gave answer to him, saying: 'O foolish, aged man whose head is filled with wind!'”
#2
ز لشکر مرا زینهاری مخواه
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سرافراز گردان و فرزند شاه
“'Seek no quarter or surrender from my host—from these proud warriors and from the son of the King.'”
#3
مرا دین کسری نباید همی
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دلم سوی مادر گراید همی
“'I have no desire for the faith of Khosrow; my heart inclines wholly toward my mother's realm.'”
#4
که دین مسیحاست آیین اوی
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نگردم من از فره و دین اوی
“'For her creed is the religion of Christ, and I shall never turn away from His glory and His faith.'”
#5
مسیحای دین دار اگرکشته شد
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نه فر جهاندار ازو گشته شد
“'Though Christ the keeper of the faith was slain, His world-ruling glory was never stripped from Him.'”
#6
سوی پاک یزدان شد آن رای پاک
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بلندی ندید اندرین تیره خاک
“'That pure spirit ascended to Almighty God, finding no true exaltation in this dark earth.'”
#7
اگرمن شوم کشته زان باک نیست
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کجا زهر مرگست و تریاک نیست
“'If I too am slain, I have no dread, for where death's poison lies, there is its antidote also.'”
#8
بگفت این سخن پیش پیروز پیر
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بپوشید روی هوا را بتیر
“Having spoken these words before the victorious old general, he veiled the face of the sky with arrows.”
#9
برفتند گردان لشکر ز جای
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خروش آمد از کوس وز کرنای
“The brave champions moved from their places, as clamor arose from the war-drums and trumpets.”
#10
سپهبد چوآتش برانگیخت اسب
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بیامد بکردار آذر گشسب
“The prince spurred his steed like blazing fire, charging into battle like the sacred flame Azar Goshasp.”
#11
چپ لشکر شاه ایران ببرد
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به پیش سپه در نماند ایچ گرد
“He shattered the left flank of the King of Iran's army, leaving no dust before his advancing host.”
#12
فراوان ز مردان لشکر بکشت
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ازان کار شد رام برزین درشت
“He slew countless warriors of the royal army, so that Ram-Burzin grew harsh and fierce at this sight.”
#13
بفرمود تا تیرباران کنند
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هوا چون تگرگ بهاران کنند
“He commanded his archers to unleash a hail of arrows, turning the air like a storm of spring hail.”