Aži Dahāka

Two snakes from his shoulders

Springing black through night

And their shadows lengthen

Sweeping past his eyes

Born a failed creation

Outcast down below

Time his only witness

Light the lunar torch

Down where fate abandoned you

In grief alone

Chained you are before the wall

Of mountain and of stone

(Underneath Mount Damāvand)

The Draconic vulcan

Ashes black of life

Shall erupt in triumph

Covering the sky

(Tied to nails of a thousand years)

End of days arriving

Empty are his chains

Horns of war are sounding

May he reign again

Down where fate abandoned you

In grief alone

Chained you are before the wall

Of mountain and of stone

Hear

Hear and rise once more