1. إذا زلزلت أرضُ الجسومِ تراها

    وما نالت الأجفان فيه كراها

    When the earth of bodies is shaken, you see it,

    And in it the eyelids have not found their slumber.

  2. لقد ظهرتْ فيها أمور عظيمةٌ

    وما انفصمتْ مما رأته عراها

    Indeed, great things have appeared within it,

    Yet its bonds have not snapped from what it has seen.

  3. إذا جاءها الداعي ليخرج ما بها

    وأخرج لي ما قد أجنَّ ثراها

    When the caller comes to it to bring out what is within it,

    And brings out for me what its soil has concealed,

  4. وقد عجزتْ أبصارنا أن ترى لها

    بساحتنا حكماً فكيف تراها

    And our eyes have been unable to see it wield

    Any sway in our arena—so how do you see it?