1. You mock prayer and spurn it
Yet you know not what prayer can do
١. أَتَهزَأُ بِالدُعاءِ وَتَزدَريهِ
وَما تَدري بِما صَنَعَ الدُّعاءُ
2. The arrows of night miss their mark
But time will run its course and end their flight
٢. سِهامُ اللَيلِ لا تُخطِي وَلَكِن
لَها أَمَدٌ وَلِلأَمَدِ اِنقِضاءُ