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Historical Era (Parthian & Sasanian)

Farrokh

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15 distichs in this chapter
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The Reign of Farrokhzad
#1
ز جهرم فرخ زاد راخواندند
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بران تخت شاهیش بنشاندند
“From Jahrom they summoned Farrokhzad, and seated him upon the imperial throne.”
#2
چو برتخت بنشست و کرد آفرین
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ز نیکی دهش بر جهان آفرین
“When he sat upon the throne, he offered praise to the Creator who bestows all goodness.”
#3
منم گفت فرزند شاهنشهان
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نخواهم جز از ایمنی در جهان
“He said: 'I am the offspring of sovereigns; I seek nothing in this world but safety and peace.'”
#4
ز گیتی هرآنکس که جوید گزند
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چو من شاه باشم نگردد بلند
“Whoever in this world seeks harm, shall not rise high while I am king.”
#5
هر آنکس که جوید به دل راستی
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نیارد به کار اندرون کاستی
“And whoever seeks truth in his heart, shall bring no shortcoming into his deeds.”
#6
بدارمش چون جان پاک ارجمند
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نجویم ابر بی‌گزندان گزند
“I shall cherish him like my own pure soul, nor shall I seek to harm the harmless.”
#7
چو یک ماه بگذشت بر تخت اوی
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بخاک اندر آمد سر و بخت اوی
“Yet when a single month had passed upon his throne, his life and fortune turned to dust.”
#8
همین بودش از روز و آرام بهر
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یکی بنده در می برآمیخت زهر
“Such was his share of life and rest: a slave surreptitiously mixed poison into his wine.”
#9
بخورد و یکی هفته زان پس بزیست
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هرآنکس که بشنید بروی گریست
“He drank it, lived for a week thereafter, and whoever heard of it wept for his fate.”
#10
همی پادشاهی به پایان رسید
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ز هر سو همی دشمن آمد پدید
“Thus the kingdom reached its bitter end, and enemies sprang up from every corner.”
#11
چنین است کردار گردنده دهر
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نگه کن کزو چند یابی تو بهر
“Such is the way of the revolving sky; behold how small a portion you shall win from it.”
#12
بخور هرچ داری به فردا مپای
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که فردا مگر دیگر آیدش رای
“Enjoy whatever you possess and count not on tomorrow, for tomorrow another fate may be ordained.”
#13
ستاند ز تو دیگری را دهد
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جهان خوانیش بی‌گمان بر جهد
“It snatches from you to bestow upon another; call this world a fleeting illusion without doubt.”
#14
بخور هرچ داری فزونی بده
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تو رنجیده‌ای بهر دشمن منه
“Consume what you have, give of your abundance, and leave not your painful toil for enemies to inherit.”
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هرآنگه که روز تو اندر گذشت
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نهاده همه باد گردد به دشت
“When your appointed day passes, all that you have hoarded will vanish like wind across the plain.”

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