جَسَّ نَبضَ القانونِ إِذ كانَ مَيتاً

قُلتُ رُدَّت لَهُ الحياةُ بِظَنّي

My pulse quickened when law was dead

I thought that life was restored, I said

فَإِذا بِالقانونِ قَد صارَ حيّاً

فَرحاً بِالحَياةِ قامَ يُغنِّي

Lo and behold, the law lives anew

With joy for life, it began to croon