1. My pulse quickened when law was dead
I thought that life was restored, I said
١. جَسَّ نَبضَ القانونِ إِذ كانَ مَيتاً
قُلتُ رُدَّت لَهُ الحياةُ بِظَنّي
2. Lo and behold, the law lives anew
With joy for life, it began to croon
٢. فَإِذا بِالقانونِ قَد صارَ حيّاً
فَرحاً بِالحَياةِ قامَ يُغنِّي