1. يا رُبَّ قَومٍ عَلى تَعلُّقِهم

    بالمَجدِ أدناهُم وأعلاهُم

    Ah, many are the peoples, despite the devotion

    to glory of their lowliest and their highest,

  2. يكادُ مَولاهُم لبُعدِ مَدَى

    همَّتِهِ أن يكونَ مَولاهُم

    whose bondsman is close, through the far reach

    of his ambition, to becoming their master.