1. قَد مَلكَ الآفاقَ عَسكرهُ

    وَفَرَّ مِن صُبحِهِ لِلغَربِ يَنقادُ

    Its army has indeed conquered the horizons;

    and it fled before its dawn, driven westward.

  2. فَالصّبحُ كَالسّيفِ مَسنوناً وَمُنسَحِباً

    وَالشّرقُ فيهِ لِجَيشِ اللّيل جَلّادُ

    For dawn is like a sword, sharpened and drawn,

    and in it the east is the executioner of night's army.