Flutes and pipes
Play a [bad word] rhyme
Entertaining
The soldiers in the palace
Naked bodies
Female slaves from Asia
Dance with promise
For a night of pleasure
Mouths smell wine
The feast is going wild
Victorious and glorious
The men exalt their king
As in a fevered dream
Thais is entering
And she provokes him
To do a special deed

"You have conquered
The capital of Orient
Display your power
And make your enemies weep
Destroy their pride
The jewel of the desert
As they once destroyed
Our temples for their king"

"Burn this city to the ground
Take a torch and spread the fire"

οι φλογες αγκαλιασαν του ξυλινους τοιχους
σαν πεινασμενα φιδια
καταβροχθιζοθντας στο περασμα τους
χειρογραφα και υπολειμματα των παλαιων χρονων
η Περσεπολη κλαιει ενω οι φλογες απομακρυνουν τις σαρκες της

Persepolis
Now a pile of dust
blackened carcass
land of ash

Persepolis
You lost your crown
Persepolis
Burnt to the ground

Consumed by hate
Ablaze by pride
Persepolis
Naked as the sand

Persepolis
You lost your crown
Persepolis
Burnt to the ground

"Burn this city to the ground
Take a torch and spread the fire"