والنائِبات الثابِتا

والنائِبات الثابِتا

ت بحيثُ صارَت تَنزلُ

ت بحيثُ صارَت تَنزلُ

And the calamities, firmly rooted

The steadfast pillars trembled

where they have come to descend,

Until the lowly were upraised

أمسَت وأَركانُ الزَّما

أمسَت وأَركانُ الزَّما

نِ بهزِّها تَتَزلزلُ

نِ بهزِّها تَتَزلزلُ

have taken hold, while the pillars of time

And those once lofty were cast down

quake beneath their shaking.

I fear her wrath though she may yet forestall

حتَّى لقَد قَلبتهُ فال

حتَّى لقَد قَلبتهُ فال

أَعلى عَليهِ الأَسفلُ

أَعلى عَليهِ الأَسفلُ

Until they have indeed overturned it, so that

A hopeful man will seek to drive it back

the lowest is uppermost upon it.

But hope itself makes hope so difficult

إنِّي لأَخشَى فَتكَها

إنِّي لأَخشَى فَتكَها

ولَعلَّها لا تَفعَلُ

ولَعلَّها لا تَفعَلُ

Indeed, I fear their deadly assault,

and perhaps they will not act,

خَوف المُؤمَّلِ إنَّه

خَوف المُؤمَّلِ إنَّه

في دَفعِها لمؤَمَّلُ

في دَفعِها لمؤَمَّلُ

for fear of al-Mu’ammal; indeed, he

is surely looked to for warding them off.