مَدامِعٌ قَدْ خَدَّدَتْ في الخُدود

وأَعيُنٌ مَكْحُولَةٌ بالهُجود

Tears have etched valleys in their cheeks,

Eyes swollen with abundant weeping.

وَمَعْشَرٌ أَوْعَدهُمْ رَبُّهُمْ

فبادَروا خَشْيَة ذاكَ الوعِيد

A people promised by their Lord,

So they hastened, fearing His threat.

فَهُمْ عُكُوفٌ في مَحارِيبِهمْ

يَبْكونَ مِنْ خَوْفِ عِقابِ المَجيد

Bowing devotedly in their shrines,

Crying in awe of the Mighty's wrath,

قَدْ كادَ أَنْ يُعْشِبَ مِنْ دَمْعِهمْ

ما قابَلتْ أَعْيُنُهُمْ في السُّجُود

Their tears have nearly caused to grow

Grass where their eyes have touched prostrate.