1. لِلَّهِ دَرُّ أَبيكَ أَيَّةُ لَيلَةٍ

    مَخَضَت صَبيحَتَها لِيَومِ المَوقِفِ

    God bless your father—what a night,

    That labored to bring forth its dawn for the Day of Standing!

  2. لَو أَنَّ عَيناً وَهَّمَتها نَفسُها

    يَومَ الحِسابِ مُمَثِّلاً لَم تَطرِفِ

    If an eye's own soul made it envision

    The Day of Reckoning in visible form, it would not blink.