1. الطبع يشرَع بذل بعضٍ فديةً

    لِلكُلِّ في غُبر الامور ودُهمها

    Nature ordains offering a part as ransom

    for the whole in affairs obscure and dark.

  2. كالمآءِ اذ تَقوى عليهِ حرارةُ ال

    نيران جائرةً عليهِ بحكمها

    Like water, when it is overpowered by the heat of the

    fires, unjust toward it in their rule,

  3. يلقي عليها البعضُ منهُ نفسَهُ

    فَوراً ليُنجيَ ما بقي من ظلمها

    a portion of it casts itself upon them

    at once, to save what remains from their oppression.