بَلِينَا وَمَا تَبْلَى النُّجُومُ الطَّوَالِعُ
وَتَبْقَى الجِبَالُ بَعْدَنَا وَالمَصَانِعُ
We perish, yet the rising stars do not decay
And mountains and palaces remain after us
المصدر · Source: A.J. Arberry, The Seven Odes (1957)
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