هُمُ هَدَموا الهاماتِ بَعدَ اِعتِدالِها

بِصَحنِ نَهاوَندَ الَّتي قَد أَمَرَّتِ

They demolished the citadels after their glory

With the basin of Nahavand which had become bitter

بِكُلِّ قَناةٍ لَدنَةٍ بِرمِيَّةٍ

إِذا أُكرِهَت لَم تَنثني وَاِستَمَرَّتِ

With every soft, flowing, gushing channel

If forced, it would not bend, but went on

وَأَبيَضَ مِن ماءِ الحَديدِ مُهَنَّدٍ

وَصَفراءَ مِن نَبعٍ إِذا هِيَ رَنَّتِ

Whiter than tempered steel water

More yellow than a spring when it sounds