وَما كانَ هذا الشَوقُ إِلا لجاجَةً

عَلَيكَ وَجَرَّتهُ إِلَيكَ المَقادِرُ

It was not but stubborn persistence upon you

that drew this yearning to you, O destiny!

تُخَبِّرُ والرَحمَنِ أَن لَستَ زائِراً

ديارَ المَلا ما لاءَمَ العَظمَ جابِرُ

It tells the Merciful that you are no visitor

to the abode of kings, though the great oppressor remains.

أَلَم تَعجَبا لِلفَتحِ أَصبَحَ ما بِهِ

وَلا بِلِوَى الأرطَى مِنَ الحيِّ وابِرُ

Have you not marveled how victory comes through it,

though not through firmness of hand or a piercing blade?