وحسبك أن الروم رامت فشاهت

سعادة ملك تاه في أمرها العقلُ

It suffices you that Rome has harbored ambitions and perished,

The fortune of a king got lost in its reasoning,

فإنك مهما رمت أمرا بلغته

فابعده دانٍ وأصعبه سهلُ

For however much you strive for a matter and attain it,

Remove it from being close, for the most difficult is easy.