" Sanctions levied
Sanctions heavy
Break my back
But you will not end me
Many have assailed
Many have failed
Pack after pack
Blood shed but to no avail
Had my share of years
Had my share of tears
SAVAK to crack
A century of polluted atmosphere
This is my land
This is my clan
Turn the clock back
I'm as old as the history of man
Gone are the golden days
Gone are the golden ways
Stopped in my tracks
Time will lead me out of this maze
Keep my people in pain
Keep my people in chains
Wrapped in my flag
The end welcomes tyranny's campaign
Levy your sanctions
Heavy my reaction
From The Burnt City to Ganzak
I, Simurgh, will rise from the ashes
History will go round
History will go down
Evil, domestic and foreign
Will burn to the ground
Time bears witness
Time bears justice
Our mystic misfortune
A lingering dark nimbus
Rise up my wings
Rise up my kings
This majestic sovereign
Will be reborn once again "
― Soroosh Shahrivar , Letter 19