1. If people avoid hunting before the lawful season is due,
I shall make every place they frequent a sanctuary.

2. Do not praise Time for any generosity it shows;
It aims neither at stinginess nor at bounty.

3. They said, "We found him (already) aged when success befell him";
But they were wrong - he had always been aged.

4. Neither Ctesiphon nor its cities have passed away,
Nor any column, though the centuries have crumbled them to dust.

5. By night their fortunes come to their aid, yet they
Listen enthralled to separation's tale - and no wonder!