When the sun raised its head from the mountain

It spread rubies over the stream

Tahamtan gathered all his wealth

And gave it all away to the brave men

A roar came and the wail of the trumpet

Tahamtan roused the army from its place

They set their heads towards Afrasiab

All faces were filled with tears of vengeance for Siavash

Then news came to the quarrelsome one

That Rostam had turned his face towards Turan

He said to Piran, "The Iranians

Have all girded their loins for evil"

Now the land and its dwellings will all be ruined

And will become the prey of the brave men of Iran"

Someone took news to Rostam

Of this inauspicious and uncultured child

At once they will bring him to the Iranian army

And they will place an unworthy hat on his head

Send a messenger immediately

To the inauspicious son of a suspicious father

That he should bring together both of them with their mother

And bring them to speak more or less

A messenger came and took them away

Those two wretches became like بیهشان (a place of execution)

They came near to Afrasiab

They came full of pain and anxiety and fever

And from that place, the king of the land of Turan

Brought an army to the Sea of China

Tahamtan sat upon his throne

The head of his fortune came down to the dust

He told a story from the beginning

That the rich one is he who does not seek an enemy

When a malevolent person comes before you, it is better to kill him

If he is a fugitive, it is better to turn away from him

He searched for all his treasure in the palace

They told him one by one correctly

Slaves and horses and worshippers

The same wealthy, beautiful-faced servants

In the treasure, dinars and a precious crown

The same jewels and brocade and ivory throne

One by one, from every side, it came into his possession

Many jewels came to him from the hidden treasure

The army, from head to toe, became wealthy from it

They became adorned with bracelets and thrones and crowns

He gave one of those ivory thrones to Tus

The same bracelet and collar and decree of Chach

And he said to him, "Whoever can endure

And even if he brings the name of Afrasiab"

Immediately, remove his head from his body

Make a feast for the vultures from it"

Whoever seeks wisdom and safety

Will not turn towards the religion of Ahriman

You must have a son whom you cherish

Safe from hardship, independent of wealth

Do not show any hardship to the dervish

He was always giving and ready to give

For the world is fleeting and not eternal

There is no glory higher than the glory of Jamshid

The high heaven brought him to his feet

And brought the world as a part to the lord

A crown full of royal jewels

Two pairs of bracelets and collars with earrings

He gave Sepijab and Sogd to Gudarz

And gave many advices and decrees for that land

He praised him greatly and made blessings

That there is no one like you in the land of Iran

Greatness and glory and height and justice

We remember the same feast and battle from you

You have both jewel and wisdom with art

Your soul constantly takes pleasure from you

It is right if you listen to my advice

For you are the teacher of the great ones

From Sepijab to the waters of Gulzariyun

No one will disobey your command

For Fariburz, the golden crown of Kavus

He sent and dinars and throne and belt

He said to him, "You are the leader and the chief"

You are the brother of the pure Siavash"

Gird your loins for the vengeance of your brother

Do not loosen the knot of the lasso from the saddle strap

Bring the army into China and Khotan

Seek vengeance from the enemies everywhere

Do not rest from the vengeance of Afrasiab

Remove food and rest and sleep from your body

This news came to Machin and China

That Rostam has ascended to the throne

Everyone prepared gifts and offerings

From dinars and royal jewels

Tahamtan gave them quarter with his life

He saw their awakened souls

And after that, in hunting with cheetah and hawk

He spent a long time in this way

It happened that one day Zavareh went

To hunt wild asses, he strode swiftly

A Turk to be his guide

He sent forward and came to the place

He saw a thicket in that wide plain

That you would say it is impossible to pass through it

From the abundance of fragrance and color and flowing water

It was constantly renewed by the wind, you would say it was flowing

Then that rude Turk opened his mouth

And reminded Zavareh

That this was the hunting ground of Siavash

His affection for the land of Turan was here

In this place he was happy and joyful

Except here, everywhere else he was sad

When Zavareh heard this speech from him

The old days were renewed for him

When the words of that Turk came to his ear

He fell from his horse and lost consciousness

He had a hawk in his claws

He released it and his eyelashes became a stream of blood

The companions of the army reached him

They found him full of sorrow, his face covered in tears

They cursed that guide

Each of them kicked him

Zavareh swore a mighty oath

Yellow tears poured from his eyes

That from now on, I will seek neither hunting nor sleep

I will not rest from the vengeance of Afrasiab

I will not allow Rostam to be at ease at all

Vengeance must be prepared

At once, when he reached Tahamtan

He cried out when he saw his face

He said to him, "We have come here for vengeance

Even if we have come with lips full of blessings"

Since the bestower of goodness, God, gave strength

And the revolution of the sun gave you fortune from the stars

Why should this country remain prosperous?

And one person remain happy in this land and dwelling?

Do not forget the vengeance of that king

That time will not see another like him

He roused that elephant-bodied one from his place

Tahamtan did the same as he saw fit

He immediately began plundering and killing

He seized all the land and its dwellings

From the land of Turan to Saqlab and Rome

They did not leave a single inhabited border

They beheaded young and old

They made women and small children captive

In this way, for more than a thousand leagues

Destruction arose throughout the land

Whoever was a chief with noble lineage

All went forward and bowed their heads to the dust

Saying, "We are disgusted with Afrasiab

We do not wish to see him even in a dream"

Because of the blood that he shed upon the innocent

No one had a way to turn in that direction

Now, even if we are a scattered assembly

We are all your servants and slaves

When you are victorious, do not shed innocent blood

Do not make the claws of the turning heavens sharp

We do not know where that oppressor is

Whether he is in the clouds or in the mouth of a dragon

When he heard the words of that assembly

The elephant-bodied one, Binadel, was stirred

He drove towards the border of Qachqar

He summoned all the leaders of the army

The wise men gathered before him

The elders and experienced brave men

Saying that Kavus, without hand or glory or foot

Sits upon the throne without a guide

If Afrasiab, without delay from any side

Brings an army to Iran for war

He will gain control over that old Kavus

And the desire and peace of all of us will become low

One by one, we have all prepared the means of vengeance

We have burned all his prosperous cities

How many years have passed to six

That not one happy day passed for us

Now let us go to that old king

When battle comes, we will all be renewed

When you set your heart on the old palace

It will be coy and hide speech from you

Tahamtan agreed to that

Which the auspicious Mobad told this story

Thus said the joyful-hearted guide

Choose goodness from this fleeting abode

Drink and be proud and dress and eat

This is your share from this passage

Do not look towards greed, for it is an enemy

Its heart is carried away by the soul of Ahriman

Look who is your mate in the dust

How much will you weep for this wealth?

When Tahamtan heard, he was ashamed

A warm resolve came to him to depart

He looked at the herds of horses on every side

That were roaming freely on the plain of the Turks

Ten thousand slaves and worshippers

He brought, worthy of a king

The same navel of musk and sable fur

From white pearl and from brown kimkhwab

With color and fragrance and brocade and gold

The backs of male elephants were adorned

From spreads and from more and less

From clothes and treasure and dirhams

From the treasure of weapons and from crown and throne

They dragged to Iran and packed their belongings

From Turan, they dragged towards Zabulistan

They dragged towards the auspicious-handed one

Tus and Gudarz and Giv went towards Pars

An army so famous and new

They set their heads towards the king of the world

All the famous ones, fortunate and hidden

And after that, when Afrasiab heard

That Rostam had crossed over that water

He went from the west towards the Ganges Sea

A heart full of vengeance, a head full of war

He saw all the land turned upside down

The great ones killed and the lesser ones taken away

Neither horse nor treasure nor crown nor throne

Nor green leaves on the trees in the garden

A world set ablaze

All the palaces uprooted and burned

The king's eyes shed tears of blood

He said thus to the chiefs of the army

Whoever forgets this

Will silence his awakened soul

All of you, one by one, fill your hearts with vengeance

Make your shield your bed and your sword your pillow

We will bring war and vengeance to Iran with an army

We will bring them down to the earth with spears

If the wind escapes them in one battle

It is not right to have such a base thought

He prepared to attack on every side

He did not see any time for repayment

He burned prosperous land and trees

That deed became difficult for the Iranians

From the lack of rain, the air became dry for seven years

Fortune changed and the situation turned around

The world became full of need from suffering and hardship

This era lasted a long time