#1
چو بشنید خاقان که بهرام را
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چه آمد بروی از پی نام را
“When the Khagan heard what fate had befallen Bahram in his quest for renown,”
#2
چوآن نامه نزدیک خاقان رسید
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شد از درد گریان هران کان شنید
“As that fateful letter reached the Khagan, all who heard its message wept in bitter anguish.”
#3
از آن آگهی شد دلش پر ز درد
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دو دیده پر از خون و رخ لاژورد
“His heart was filled with grief at the news; his eyes welled with blood, and his face turned pale as lapis.”
#4
ازان کار او در شگفتی بماند
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جهاندیدگان را همه پیش خواند
“Astonished and bewildered by this tragic turn, he summoned all the wise elders of the realm.”
#5
بگفت آنک بهرام یل را رسید
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بشد زار و گریان هران کوشنید
“He recounted what had befallen the hero Bahram, and every soul present wept aloud in grief.”
#6
همه چین برو زار و گریان شدند
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ابی آتش تیز بریان شدند
“The whole of China mourned bitterly for him, their hearts roasted as if over a fierce flame without fire.”
#7
یکایک همه کار او را بساخت
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نگه کرد کاین بدبریشان که تاخت
“He arranged all the funeral rites for Bahram, and then sought to discover who had brought this calamity upon them.”
#8
قلون را به توران دو فرزند بود
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ز هر گونه‌ای خویش و پیوند بود
“Now Qalun had two sons in Turan, along with kinsmen and relatives of various bloodlines.”
#9
چو دانسته شد آتشی بر فروخت
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سرای و همه بر زن او بسوخت
“When the truth was revealed, the Khagan kindled a raging blaze, burning Qalun's palace and his entire neighborhood.”
#10
دو فرزند او را بر آتش نهاد
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همه چیز او را به تاراج داد
“He cast Qalun's two sons into the flames and gave over all his possessions to be pillaged.”
#11
ازان پس چو نوبت به خاتون رسید
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ز پرده به گیسوش بیرون کشید
“Then, when it came to Khatun, Qalun’s wife, he dragged her out from behind the curtain by her long locks.”
#12
به ایوان کشید آن همه گنج اوی
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نکرد ایچ یاد از در رنج اوی
“He swept all her vast treasures into his palace, showing no regard for whatever service or pain Qalun had once rendered.”
#13
فرستاد هرسو هیونان مست
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نیامدش خراد برزین بدست
“Swift dromedaries were dispatched in every direction to hunt, yet Kharrad-i Barzin could nowhere be found.”
#14
همه هرچ در چین و را بنده بود
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به پوشیدشان جامه‌های کبود
“All who owed allegiance to him throughout China were made to clothe themselves in dark garments of mourning.”
#15
بیک چند با سوک بهرام بود
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که خاقان ازان کار بدنام بود
“For a time he remained immersed in sorrow for Bahram, for the Khagan felt tarnished and disgraced by that treacherous deed.”