لَئِن أَلوى بِوَعدِكَ طولُ مطل

تُسبّ بِهِ إِلى يَوم الفِعالِ

If prolonged procrastination has twisted your promise,

For which you are blamed until the day of fulfillment,

فَكَم مِن بارِق في السَهلِ شِمنا

مخايله فخيَّم بالجِبالِ

For how often have we watched a lightning flash in the plain,

Whose signs appeared, yet it settled upon the mountains.