أَبَى الْقَصْرُ إِلاَّ أَنْ يَحُوزَ الْعُلاَ قَسْراً

وَأَنْ يَبْنِيَ الْمَجْدَ التَّلِيدَ بِهِ قَصْرَا

The palace refused to do anything but acquire the heights by force

The palace refused all but to seize the heights by force,

And build lasting glory as its castle

And to build a palace of ancient glory therein;

فَإِنْ فَاتَهُ الْمَاءُ الْمُفَجَّرُ مِنْ صَفَا

فَفِيهِ مِيَاهُ الْفَضْلِ قَدْ فُجِّرَتْ بَحْرَا

If the gushing waters missed it

So if it lacks water gushing from solid rock,

Then in it are the waters of merit that have been unleashed as a sea

Within it, the waters of grace have burst forth as a sea.