Rostam Nameh: part 6: Rostam and the white elephant
Roz Dae-pa-Meher Mah Dae, 1382 Yz. “Badu goft kay bacche narrah-sheer, bar-aavardah changaal-o gashteh delir; Badin kudki nist hamtaa-e tu, ba-farro ba-mardi-o baalaa-e tu” Zaal said: “Oh son of a…
Roz Dae-pa-Meher Mah Dae, 1382 Yz. “Badu goft kay bacche narrah-sheer, bar-aavardah changaal-o gashteh delir; Badin kudki nist hamtaa-e tu, ba-farro ba-mardi-o baalaa-e tu” Zaal said: “Oh son of a…
Roj Spendarmad Mah Dae, 1382 Yz. “Basi bar neyaamed barin roozgaar; ke aazaadsarv andar aamad babaar” “It wasn’t many days before the stately cypress bore fruit.” With these apt words,…
Roj Jamyad Mah Adar, 1382 Yz. “Zaban bar kushadand bar Shaharyar, ke kardim ba charkhe gardun shumar; Chunin amad az rahe akhtar padid, ke an aab-e raoshan bekhahad daveed; …
Roj Dae-pa-Meher Mah Adar, 1382 Yz. "Sapordim u-ra darin kuhsaar, bin taache pish aavarad ruzmaar" "You have been entrusted with this child on this mountain, and soon you shall behold…
Roj Hormazd Mah Adar, 1382 Yz. "To inra dorugho fasanah madan, ba yaksan ravesh dar zamana madan" "Do not consider these verses as untrue or imagined because time reveals itself…
Roj Dae-pa-Din Mah Avan, 1382 Yz. "Jehan afrin ta jehan afrid, savari chun Rostam nayamad padid" "In this world, created by the Creator, no better rider has been born than the…
Roj Behram Mah Dae, 1381 Yz. Meanwhile the rebellious courtiers were growingly increasingly worried over Shirooy’s inability to take any decision on the end of Khosrau Parvez. They met in…
Roj Gosh Mah Dae, 1381 Yz. In the meanwhile, the deposed king passed the one month cleansing his soul, offering payers to the Almighty who had raised him so high…
Roj Aneran Mah Adar, 1381 Yz. ‘Firstly’, the King rejoined to his wayward son, ‘only he who is without fault should point out the fault of others. Besides, much of…
Roj Dae-pa-Din Mah Adar, 1381 Yz. As the King escaped under cover of darkness, the rebel soldiers entered the palace and began looting and breaking things indiscriminately. Soon the entire…
Roj Dae-pa-Adar Mah Adar, 1381 Yz. First comes glory, then destruction. This is nature's truth and it played out in case of Khosrau Parvez too. The 38 years of prosperity…
Roj Spendarmad Mah Adar, 1381 Yz. Putting aside the long standing rivalry between the Byzantines and the Iranians, Caesar Maurice agreed to help Khosrau raise an army to defeat the…
Roj Bahman Mah Adar, 1381 Yz. Readers of Frashogard may be familiar with the name of the Sassanian dynasty, which ruled over Iran and much of the civilized world during…