#1
بگفت این و لب را بهم برنهاد
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شد آن نامور شیردل نوش‌زاد
“Having said this, he pressed his lips together; thus passed that renowned, lion-hearted Nush-zad.”
#2
چو آگاه شد لشکر از مرگ شاه
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پراگنده گشتند زان رزمگاه
“When the army learned of the prince's death, they dispersed from the field of battle.”
#3
چو بشنید کو کشته شد پهلوان
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غریوان به بالین او شد دوان
“When word reached them that the champion had been slain, wailing wildly, they rushed to his bedside.”
#4
ازان رزمگه کس نکشتند نیز
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نبودند شاد و نبردند چیز
“No one else was slain upon that battlefield; they felt no joy, nor did they carry away any spoil.”
#5
و را کشته دیدند و افگنده خوار
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سکوبای رومی سرش بر کنار
“They saw him slain and cast down low, with Skuba the Roman holding his head beside him.”
#6
همه رزمگه گشت زو پر خروش
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دل رام برزین پر از درد و جوش
“The whole battlefield filled with clamor, and the heart of Ram-Borzin boiled with grief and pain.”
#7
زاسقف بپرسید کزنوش زاد
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از اندرز شاهی چه داری به یاد
“He asked the bishop: 'What do you remember of Nush-zad’s royal testament and advice?'”
#8
چنین داد پاسخ که جز مادرش
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برهنه نباید که بیند برش
“He answered: 'He willed that none save his mother should see his bare body.'”
#9
تن خویش چون دید خسته به تیر
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ستودان نفرمود و مشک و عبیر
“'Seeing his body wounded by arrows, he commanded no Zoroastrian tomb, nor musk and ambergris.'”
#10
نه افسر نه دیبای رومی نه تخت
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چو از بندگان دید تاریک بخت
“'Neither crown, nor Roman silk, nor throne, when he saw his dark fate dealt by his followers.'”
#11
برسم مسیحا کنون مادرش
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کفن سازد و گور و هم چادرش
“'Now, according to the rite of Christ, let his mother prepare his shroud, his grave, and his veil.'”
#12
کنون جان او با مسیحا یکیست
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همانست کاین خسته بردار نیست
“'Now his soul is united with Christ; he is not one to be borne away wounded upon a cross.'”
#13
مسیحی بشهر اندرون هرک بود
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نبد هیچ ترسای رخ ناشخود
“Every Christian within the city wept; there was no believer whose face remained unscratched in grief.”
#14
خروش آمد از شهر وز مرد و زن
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که بودند یک سر شدند انجمن
“A roar of sorrow arose from the city; men and women all gathered together as one.”
#15
تن شهریار دلیر و جوان
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دل و دیده شاه نوشین‌روان
“Over the body of the brave and young prince, who was the heart and eye of King Nushin-ravan.”
#16
به تابوتش از جای برداشتند
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سه فرسنگ بر دست بگذاشتند
“They lifted his coffin from its place and carried it on their hands for three leagues.”
#17
چوآگاه شد زان سخن مادرش
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به خاک اندرآمد سر و افسرش
“When his mother learned of the deed, her head and crown sank into the dust.”
#18
ز پرده برهنه بیامد به راه
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برو انجمن گشته بازارگاه
“Unveiled she ran out onto the highway, and the whole populace of the bazaar assembled around her.”
#19
سراپرده‌ای گردش اندر زدند
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جهانی همه خاک بر سر زدند
“They pitched a royal tent around her, and all the world cast dust upon their heads.”
#20
به خاکش سپردند و شد نوش‌زاد
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ز باد آمد و ناگهان شد به باد
“They committed him to the earth, and thus passed Nush-زاد; he came like the wind and vanished like the wind.”
#21
همه جند شاپور گریان شدند
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ز درد دل شاه بریان شدند
“All of Gundeshapur broke into tears, their hearts burning with grief for the prince.”