The Omen of the Lion-Headed Birth

From D5.35, Iskandar Goes to Babil and Writes to Arastatilis. It illustrates D5.35.34–44:

D5.35.34
They bore it swiftly to the world’s great king.He stared in wonder at that startling thing.
D5.35.35
He took it as an omen, dark and dread,And said: “Let earth conceal this child, now dead.”
D5.35.36
He called the readers of the stars to speak,And asked what sign lay in that creature bleak.
D5.35.37
The star-reader grew grieved at what he knew,And hid the meaning from the king’s own view.
D5.35.38
The Shah warned: “If you hide truth from me,I shall strike off your heads immediately.
D5.35.39
No cloth shall serve as shroud when you are slain;The lions’ jaws shall hide what may remain.”
D5.35.40
The star-reader, when anger seized the king,Replied: “Renowned lord, hear the news I bring.
D5.35.41
You came to birth beneath the Lion’s light;The Mobadan and chiefs knew this was right.
D5.35.42
The lion’s head upon this lifeless birthForetells your empire’s head will bow to earth.
D5.35.43
The world shall rage in turmoil, till it ends,And then another to the throne ascends.”
D5.35.44
Each star-reader before him spoke the same,And pointed to this sign to prove the claim.