1. The sun that shone
Since the days of past nations may be extinguished,

2. Although the King kept its embers glowing.
If its redness fades throughout the ages,

3. The sphere must inevitably unravel.
People passed away - had I not known their state,

4. I would have spoken Zuhair’s verse: which path did they take?
They did not leave the realm of Kingship, nor move