Top left to right. Shah Ardeshir, Bahram the second, Bahram gur. Bottom. left to right. Pirooz shah, khosrow anushirwan, khosrow parwiz
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O! You Great, glorious Kings, who have lived in our past,
You established, ruled vast empires, alas! none did last.
O! Kurush, the emancipator of slaves, liberator of lands,
Why do we still endure life with fettered tongue, hands?
O! Daryush, your wings, pyramids to the Indus, a boon,
Why was it, you were born, thousand years, too soon ?
O! Atossa, why do your son’s intrepid immortals sleep?
Widows, orphans, Ctesiphon, Estakhr, Susa wail, weep.
O! Shapur, you vanquished so many emperors of Rome,
Cave, you watch from, extinction, annihilation, our home.
O! Ardeshir, Bahram, Pirouz, no one steadied the helm,
When your orphaned children lost the fatherland, realm.
O! Anushirwan, you heeded anguish of a humble cow,
O! Parwiz, before whom, can we pray, supplicate now?
Your absence in our days of greatest peril a cataclysm,
Defenseless, unprotected, we slid into a pitiless chasm.
Some could not homeland, ancestors renounce, forego, Others,horns of dilemma, reluctantly, unwilingly’d go.
Anahita’s smoldering fire sails East, a distant shore,
King,vast, populous land assures exiles, fear no more.
Ardeshir receives kingship from Ahura Mazda. Koh-i-Mehr.
For prisoners of war, towns, homes, churches, hospitals, you made,
Why will no saviour, rescuer, from the Koh-i-Mehr, come to our aid?
Our soldiers, in their thousands, fall before the executioner’s blade,
Unheard of savagery, inhumanity, with their blood, bread was made.
Clergy, royalty, from righteousness, devotion, Ahura’s path, strayed,
But we, with our way of life, home, honour, dignity, faith, name paid.
O! Ahura Mazda, for deliverance, salvation, preservation, we prayed,
Across deserts, we will be taken, sold, for slaves, we have been made.
Shahryar Yazdgerd dead, Khorasan, by his own Marzban, betrayed,
Rustam Farrukhzad’s head, on a stake, all to see, brutally displayed.
O! Char Bagh of Pasargad, rivers of Fars, columns of Sadsetoon,
I wonder, will we ever see you again? I fear, it won’t be very soon.
First Char Bagh garden. Palace of Cyrus at Pasargad(Top). Middle; Shapur river. Bishapur.Fars. Bottom: Sadsetoon. 100 Column hall. Takht-e-Jamshid.
THE FIRST CHAR BAGH, 10,000 SQUARE METRES IN AREA SURROUNDED THE PALACE OF CYRUS THE GREAT AT PASARGAD. IT WAS DIVIDED INTO FOUR SECTIONS, HAD FLOWING STREAMS, FRAGRANT SHRUBS AND FOUNTAINS, THE CONCEPT OF THE GARDENS OF PARADISE. IT WAS TAKEN BY THE MUGHALS TO THE TAJ MAHAL AND HAS BEEN REPLICATED ALL OVER THE WORLD.
THE SHAPUR RIVER STARTS AT THE SPRINGS OF RANJAN AND PROVIDED WATER NOT ONLY TO THE PALACE OF SHAPUR AT BISHAPUR BUT THE TEMPLE OF ANAHITA, THE GODDESS OF THE HOLY WATERS.
THE APADANA WITH A HUNDRED COLUMN HALL, CALLED SADSETOON AT THE TAKHT-E-JAMSHID./ PERSEPOLIS.