1. God has a fortress in Baalbek, and there is
No harm in calling it a mountain.

2. A great tower, the greatest of all towers,
With stones that scorn the peaks.

3. If jinn had any truth, we would attribute
Its origin to them in ancient times.

4. How did the people who passed build it,
And who were they, I wonder, among the nations?

5. A people who were lions and eagles, yes,
If the work of laborers was like the work itself.

6. It is as if gravity itself had ceased
For a time, leaving no weight there.