كَم سَبَحَت أَربَعٌ جَوارٍ

لَها بِتَسبيحِها حُبورُ

Four maids have glorified

With their praises the Lord

فَمِن جَنوبٍ وَمِن شَمالٍ

وَمِن صَباً أُختُها الدَبورُ

From south and north

And zephyr their sister, the cool breeze

وَالشُهُبُ جَمعاً وَشِعرَياها

تِلكَ الغُمَيصاءُ وَالعَبورُ

Meteorites all gathered and the Pleiades

That somber one and the crosser

فَمَجِّدوا رَبَّكُم إِلى أَن

تَلفِظَ أَمواتَها القُبورُ

So glorify your Lord until

The graves relinquish their dead

فَكُلُّ ما تَفعَلُ البَرايا

إِلّا تُقى رَبِّها يَبورُ

All that the righteous do

Except fear their Lord comes to naught

وَالصَبرُ حَزمٌ عَلى الرَزايا

وَقَبلَنا فُضِّلَ الصَبورُ

Patience is resolve in calamities

And we were enjoined to be patient

وَهَل أَمِنتُم عَلى ثَبيرٍ

أَن يَتَداعى بِهِ الثُبورُ

Are you confident in Thubayr

That ruin will not befall?

فَكُلُّ ذي مِشيَةٍ سَيُرمى

بِعَثرَةٍ ما لَها جُبورُ

All who intend will be struck

With a stumble that has no shelter

طالَ وُقوفي وَراءَ جِسرٍ

وَإِنَّما يُنظَرُ العُبورُ

Long have I stood behind the bridge

Yet only crossing is awaited

إِنَّ اِبنَ آسى مَضى وَلَكِن

دَلَّ عَلى فَضلِهِ الزَبورُ

Son of Asa has passed but

The Psalms tell of his merit