عَسى مَنهَلٌ يَصفو فَيَروي ظَميَةٍ

أَطالَ صَداها المنهَلُ المُتكَدِّرُ

Perhaps a spring will clear to quench a parched soul,

Whose thirst the turbid watering place prolonged.

عَسى بِالجَنوبِ العارِياتِ سَتَكتَسي

وَبِالمُستَذَلِّ المُستَضامِ سَيُنصَرُ

Perhaps the naked bodies will be clothed,

And the humiliated, the oppressed, will be granted victory.

عَسى جابِرُ العَظمِ الكَسيرِ بِلُطفِهِ

سَيَرتاحُ لِلعَظمِ الكَسيرِ فَيُجبَرُ

Perhaps the Mender of the broken bone, in His kindness,

Will look with mercy on the fracture so it is set.

عَسى صُوَراً أَمسى لَها الجورُ دافِناً

يُتاحُ لَها عَدلٌ يَجيءُ فَتَظهَرُ

Perhaps figures that injustice has buried deep

Will find a justice destined to arrive and reveal them.

عَسى اللَهُ لا تَيأس مِنَ اللَهِ إِنَّهُ

يَسيرٌ عَلَيهِ ما يَعِزُّ وَيَعسُرُ

Perhaps God—do not despair of God—for truly,

What is mighty and difficult is easy for Him.