1. أَقسَمتُ لَو أَمَرَ الزَمانُ سَماءَهُ

    فَسَعَت لِصَدرِكَ شَمسُها وَنُجومُها

    I swore: if Time commanded its sky,

    and its sun and stars hastened to your breast,

  2. ليُنيلَ قَدرَكَ في المَعالي حَقَّهُ

    شَكَتِ المَعالي أَنَّهُ مَظلومُها

    to grant your stature its due among the heights of glory,

    the heights of glory would lament that it was wronged by them.