1. Chains of lightning necklace the land;

    impossible that they should pour their rain on Banū Silsilah.

  2. They water one homeland and pass all others by,

    sent forth laden with life-giving rain.

  3. Will it wash my body clean of what is upon it,

    when my heart is in greater need of being washed?

  4. Never, all my life, shall I drink a draught of wine,

    while my soul lies forfeit to its deeds.

Sol 5.6