1. أيقظتِ إذْ جئتِ في الأحشاء أحْزانا

    من جاءَ يُغويك في حاناتِهِ الآنا

    When you came, you awakened sorrows in my innermost depths.

    Who has come to tempt you in his taverns now?

  2. جعلتِ للصَّخرِ أفواهاً وألسنةً

    حُمْرَ المدادِ وتاريخاً وسُلطانا

    You gave the rock mouths and tongues,

    Red with ink, and a history and dominion.

  3. تَركْتِهِ وعَصَا العصيانِ في يده

    فكنت شيطانةً والصَّخْرُ شيطانا

    You left him with the staff of rebellion in his hand;

    So you were a she-devil, and the rock a devil.

  4. لم تحْمِلِ الأرضُ صَخْرا مثلَ قَسْوَته

    أثار عاصفةَ غضْبي وطوفانا

    The earth has never borne a rock to match his hardness;

    He stirred up a storm of my anger and a deluge.