1. As if the lands of God, though vast,
Were to the frightened refugee like a child’s ball,
١. كَأَنَّ بِلادَ اللَهِ وَهيَ عَريضَةٌ
عَلى الخائِفِ المَذعورِ كُفَّةُ حابِلِ
2. Flung at him, so that every vale
He fled to seemed to launch a killer at him.
٢. يُؤَدّى إِلَيهِ أَنَّ كُلَّ ثَنِيَّةٍ
تَيَمَّمَها تَرمي إِلَيهِ بِقاتِلِ