Babur's inscription

I have heard that Jamshid, the magnificent,
Inscribed on a rock at a spring.

Many men like us have taken breath at this spring,
And have passed away in the twinkling of an eye;

We took the world by courage and might,
But we could not take it with us to the grave.

–Zāhir ud-Dīn Muḥammad Babur (ﻇﻬﻴﺮ ﻟﺪﻳﻦ محمد), Baburnama (بابر نامہ) bk ix (ca. 1530)