وجسومٍ إذا الرؤوسُ عَلَتْهُنْ

وجسومٍ إذا الرؤوسُ عَلَتْهُنْ

نَ أثارَتْ حلَّت قُواها الرؤوسُ

نَ أثارَتْ حلَّت قُواها الرؤوسُ

And bodies—when heads rise above them

And bodies, when heads rise above them

and stir them, those heads undo their strength.

The heads exalt and the bodies submit

موتُها من نفوسِها وعجيبٌ

موتُها من نفوسِها وعجيبٌ

من جسومٍ بُدنُهُنَّ النّفوسُ

من جسومٍ بُدنُهُنَّ النّفوسُ

Their death comes from their own souls; how strange

Their death comes from their souls, how strange

are bodies whose bodies are their souls!

From bodies, their souls are what lives