1. Longing for the echo's voice whenever it calls
Yearning for the beautiful, bejeweled one's departure

2. Rivaling the twittering of birds as though it were
Strands interlaced of cane stalks accompanied

3. When we reach the limit of endurance she writhes
A loose rein like an open door left ajar

4. The clinging of pitch darkness harmed her every night
To you, so my mourning is daybreak, each dawnlit

5. Clement, when he punishes, exacting yet forgiving
The harshest punishment, or pardoning, never blaming

6. So pardon, Commander of the Faithful, and be satisfied
No good you do but is recorded and prescribed

7. They did evil, but if you forgive, you are worthy of it
The greatest clemency is the clemency of one provoked

8. Quraysh denied them the valley grounds of Mecca
And the Yemeni the overlooks terraced and leveled