1. ولمّا نالنا معروف قومٍ

    بهم عوجٌ خفيٌّ كالمنارَهْ

    And when the kindness of some folk reached us,

    In whom was crookedness, hidden like a minaret,

  2. علمنا أن سرّك موسويٌّ

    سرى فيهم كما تسري الحراره

    We knew that your secret was Mosaic;

    It coursed through them as heat courses.

  3. ضربت صخورهم بعصاك حتّى

    لنا نبعوا وإنّ من الحجاره

    You struck their rocks with your staff until

    They gushed forth for us—and indeed, among the stones...