1. أَلا مَسَخَ اللَّهُ القِطار حِجارةً

    تصوبُ عَلَينا وَالغمامَ غموما

    Lo, God has turned the rain to stones

    That pour down upon us, and the clouds to sorrows.

  2. وكانَت سَماء اللَّهِ لا تمطر الحَصى

    ليالي كُنا لا نطيشُ حلوما

    And God's sky did not rain pebbles

    In the nights when we were not rash in judgment.

  3. فَلَما تَحَولنا عَفاريت جنةٍ

    تحول شؤبوبُ الغَمام رجوما

    But when we became fiends among the jinn,

    The clouds' downpour turned into missiles.