1. Nature, my brother, gave us not
Two suns in this fickle world,

2. But two lamps, that is,
Old and new Rome.

3. The latter illuminates
At sunset, the former at dawn.

4. Equal in beauty and glory,
As if clad in one garment.

5. The faith of the former
Has been, since ancient times,

6. Guided by traces.
Nay, it remains upright

7. With the bond of valid peace.
It seeks all that the sun sees

8. Since the erection of the building.
A state befitting the Ruler of the World

9. Who came to submit to the Creator.
And you see the new one, which was formerly

10. My house, and is no longer my abode,
Its faith was once guided