1. I swear by Allah's Ka'bah, nay, by its Creator
If Khaled were drowning,

2. And a savior came to save him
While he was choking, desperately gasping for air

3. His hand would not fall
Upon the savior’s, though the intensity of anguish

4. Would make him seek a rope,
Except on the savior's raft, deliberately or incidentally.