#1
فروزنده شد نام بوزرجمهر
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بدو روی بنمود گردان سپهر
“The name of Bozorgmehr grew luminous, as revolving fortune showed him its smiling face.”
#2
همی روز روزش فزون بود بخت
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بدو شادمان بد دل شاه سخت
“Day by day his good fortune increased, and the King's strong heart was filled with joy because of him.”
#3
دل شاه کسری پر از داد بود
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به دانش دل ومغزش آباد بود
“The heart of King Kasra was brimming with justice; his mind and heart were prosperous with wisdom.”
#4
بدرگاه بر موبدان داشتی
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ز هر دانشی بخردان داشتی
“He maintained mobads at his court and kept wise scholars of every branch of knowledge.”
#5
همیشه سخن گوی هفتاد مرد
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به درگاه بودی بخواب و بخورد
“Seventy eloquent men were ever present at his court, provided with food and rest.”
#6
هرانگه که پردخته گشتی ز کار
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ز داد و دهش وز می و میگسار
“Whenever he became free from the affairs of state, from justice, generosity, wine, and banqueting,”
#7
زهر موبدی نوسخن خواستی
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دلش را بدانش بیاراستی
“He would ask for fresh wisdom from every mobad, adorning his heart with knowledge.”
#8
بدانگاه نو بود بوزرجمهر
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سراینده وزیرک وخوب چهر
“At that time Bozorgmehr was young, eloquent, wise, and handsome of visage.”
#9
چنان بدکزان موبدان و ردان
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ستاره شناسان و هم بخردان
“It so happened that among those mobads, nobles, astrologers, and wise men,”
#10
همی دانش آموخت و اندر گذشت
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و زان فیلسوفان سرش برگذشت
“He acquired knowledge continuously until he surpassed them, rising above all those philosophers.”
#11
چنان بد که بنشست روزی بخوان
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بفرمود کاین موبدان را بخوان
“So it came to pass that one day the King sat at the feast and commanded: 'Summon these mobads,'”
#12
که باشند دانا و دانش پذیر
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سراینده و باهش و یاد گیر
“'Those who are wise, receptive to knowledge, eloquent, sharp-minded, and quick to learn.'”
#13
برفتند بیداردل موبدان
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زهر دانشی راز جسته ردان
“The vigilant mobads came forward, nobles who had sought out the secrets of every science.”