لَعَمْركَ ما وَارُوهُ في التُّرْبِ إنَّهُ

تقاصَرَ عن حَدِّ العُرُوجِ إلى الأُفْقِ

By your life, that which they have buried in the dust,

It fell short of rising up to the horizon,

ولكنَّهُ الطَّوْدُ الذي لو يزولُ عَنْ

مَرَاسِيهِ مَادَتْ هذهِ الأرضُ بالخَلْقِ

But it is the pillar, that if it passes away

From its firm positions, this earth will crumble with its people.