#1
چو بیدار شد شاه و او را بدید
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کزان سان همی لب بدندان گزید
“When the king awoke and beheld him, biting his lip in such a sorrowful manner,”
#2
گمانی چنان برد کو را بخواب
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خورش کرد بر پرورش برشتاب
“He suspected he had offered him some ill food in his sleep, and rushed to nurture his suspicion.”
#3
بدو گفت کای سگ تو را این که گفت
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که پالایش طبع بتوان نهفت
“He said to him, 'O dog, who told you that the secret nature of man can be hidden?'”
#4
نه من اورمزدم و گر بهمنم
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ز خاکست وز باد و آتش تنم
“'I am neither Ohrmazd nor Bahman; my frame is fashioned of dust, wind, and fire.'”
#5
جهاندار چندی زبان رنجه کرد
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ندید ایچ پاسخ جز ار باد سرد
“The ruler of the world troubled his tongue with angry words, but received no answer save a cold sigh.”
#6
بپژمرد بر جای بوزرجمهر
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ز شاه و ز کردار گردان سپهر
“Bozorgmehr withered on the spot from the King's fury and the turning of the revolving sky.”
#7
که بس زود دید آن نشان نشیب
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خردمند خامش بماند از نهیب
“For he quickly perceived the signs of decline, and the wise man remained silent out of awe.”
#8
همه گرد بر گرد آن مرغزار
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سپه بود و اندر میان شهریار
“All around that meadow lay the army, and in their midst stood the monarch.”
#9
نشست از بر اسب کسری بخشم
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ز ره تا در کاخ نگشاد چشم
“Kasra mounted his horse in wrath, and from the path to the palace gate he did not open his eyes toward him.”
#10
همه ره ز دانا همی لب گزید
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فرود آمد از باره چندی ژکید
“All along the road he bit his lip at the sage; he dismounted his steed and grumbled in fury.”
#11
بفرمود تا روی سندان کنند
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بداننده بر کاخ زندان کنند
“He commanded that they forge a palace into an anvil-hard prison for the man of wisdom.”
#12
دران کاخ بنشست بوزرجمهر
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ازو برگسسته جهاندار مهر
“In that palace Bozorgmehr was confined, as the world's master severed all affection from him.”