فَدعِ التَّمَدُّحَ بالقديم فكم عَفا

في هذه الآكام قصرٌ داثُر

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

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

In these residences a ruined palace,

Upon these hills, a palace long decayed.

إيوانُ كِسرى اليومَ عند خَرابِه

خيرٌ لعمرُك منه خُصٌّ عامِرُ

Khosrow's palace today in its destruction,

The Arch of Chosroes, today in its ruin,

Is better for you than a new, flourishing hovel.

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