سکندر رفت و شمشیر و علم رفتخراج شہر و گنج کان و یم رفت

Iskander and his flag and sword are gone;Gone are his tribute and his mines and seas.

امم را از شہان پایندہ تر داننمی بینی کہ ایران ماند و جم رفت

Longer than kings’ are peoples’ histories:Jamshid is gone, but Persia still lives on.