وثقيلٍ كأنه ثِقْلُ دينِ

تتقذاه طالعاً كلُّ عينِ

Heavy as though it were the weight of debt

That every eye seeks to pay off at dawn

حمَّل الله أَرْضَهُ ثقليها

وبراهُ علاوة الثِّقلين

God has burdened its land with its heaviness

And excused it the weight of the two burdens