فَدعِ التَّمَدُّحَ بالقديم فكم عَفا

فَدعِ التَّمَدُّحَ بالقديم فكم عَفا

في هذه الآكام قصرٌ داثُر

في هذه الآكام قصرٌ داثُر

So cease boasting of the past, for how many have vanished—

Leave off boasting of the past, for how much has passed away,

So leave off boasting of the past, for often has faded

crumbling palaces among these hills!

In these residences a ruined palace,

Upon these hills, a palace long decayed.

إيوانُ كِسرى اليومَ عند خَرابِه

إيوانُ كِسرى اليومَ عند خَرابِه

خيرٌ لعمرُك منه خُصٌّ عامِرُ

خيرٌ لعمرُك منه خُصٌّ عامِرُ

Kisra’s vaulted hall today, in its ruined state—

Khosrow's palace today in its destruction,

The Arch of Chosroes, today in its ruin,

by your life, an inhabited reed hut is better than it.

Is better for you than a new, flourishing hovel.

Is outmatched, by your life, by an inhabited hut.