#1
یکی دختری بود پوران بنام
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چو زن شاه شد کارها گشت خام
“There was a maiden who was Pooran by name; when a woman became monarch, affairs turned raw and unsettled.”
#2
بران تخت شاهیش بنشاندند
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بزرگان برو گوهر افشاندند
“They seated her upon that royal throne, and the nobles scattered jewels over her.”
#3
چنین گفت پس دخت پوران که من
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نخواهم پراگندن انجمن
“Thus spoke the lady Pooran: "I desire not to scatter and divide our assembly."”
#4
کسی راکه درویش باشد ز گنج
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توانگر کنم تانماند به رنج
“"Whosoever is impoverished of treasure, I shall enrich so that he remains in hardship no more."”
#5
مبادا ز گیتی کسی مستمند
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که از درد او بر من آید گزند
“"May no one in the world be needy, lest the distress of their pain bring harm upon me."”
#6
ز کشور کنم دور بدخواه را
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بر آیین شاهان کنم گاه را
“"I shall drive the ill-wisher far from the realm, and establish the throne upon the custom of ancient kings."”
#7
نشانی ز پیروز خسرو بجست
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بیاورد ناگاه مردی درست
“She sought trace of Piroz Khusraw, and presently an honest man brought word of him.”
#8
خبر چون به نزدیک پوران رسید
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ز لشکر بسی نامور برگزید
“When news reached Pooran, she chose many renowned warriors from her army.”
#9
ببردند پیروز راپیش اوی
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بدو گفت کای بد تن کینه جوی
“They brought Piroz before her, and she said to him: "O evil-bodied, vengeful villain!"”
#10
ز کاری که کردی بیابی جزا
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چنانچون بود در خور ناسزا
“"For the deed you wrought, you shall receive retribution, fit for a wretched miscreant."”
#11
مکافات یابی ز کرده کنون
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برانم ز گردن تو را جوی خون
“"Now you shall find the penalty for what you did; I shall cause a stream of blood to flow from your neck."”
#12
ز آخر هم آنگه یکی کره خواست
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به زین اندرون نوز نابوده راست
“At that moment she called for an unbroken colt from the stable, one not yet adjusted to the saddle.”
#13
ببستش بران باره بر همچوسنگ
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فگنده به گردن درون پالهنگ
“She bound him upon that steed as firmly as a stone, with a halter cast around his neck.”
#14
چنان کرهٔ تیز نادیده زین
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به میدان کشید آن خداوند کین
“That wild colt, unaccustomed to the saddle, was led into the arena by that seeker of vengeance.”
#15
سواران به میدان فرستاد چند
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به فتراک بر گرد کرده کمند
“She sent several horsemen into the arena, with lassos coiled upon their saddle-bows,”
#16
که تا کره او را همی‌تاختی
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زمان تا زمانش بینداختی
“So that as the colt galloped with him, it pitched and threw him repeatedly.”
#17
زدی هر زمان خویشتن بر زمین
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بران کره بربود چند آفرین
“Time after time the colt hurled itself against the ground; praise was called out for that fierce young horse!”
#18
چنین تا برو بر بدرید چرم
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همی‌رفت خون از برش نرم نرم
“Thus it went on until his skin was torn apart, and blood flowed softly from his body.”
#19
سرانجام جانش به خواری به داد
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چرا جویی از کار بیداد داد
“At last he surrendered his life in shame; how can one seek justice from an act of injustice?”
#20
همی‌داشت این زن جهان را به مهر
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نجست از بر خاک باد سپهر
“This woman ruled the world with loving-kindness, seeking no ill wind of fate upon the earth.”
#21
چو شش ماه بگذشت بر کار اوی
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ببد ناگهان کژ پرگار اوی
“When six months had passed over her reign, suddenly her compass of destiny turned awry.”
#22
به یک هفته بیمار گشت و بمرد
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ابا خویشتن نام نیکی ببرد
“Within a single week she fell ill and died, taking a good name along with her.”
#23
چنین است آیین چرخ روان
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توانا به هر کار و ما ناتوان
“Such is the way of the revolving sphere: powerful in every task, while we remain helpless.”