كَم ضَمت الترباء خَلقاً قَبلَنا

كَم ضَمت الترباء خَلقاً قَبلَنا

مِن آخر يَقفو سَبيل الأَول

مِن آخر يَقفو سَبيل الأَول

How many people the earth has embraced before us,

How many righteous souls has the earth embraced before us,

Each later one following the path of the earlier,

From the last one who treads the path of the first.

حَتّى كَأن أَديمها مِما حَوَت

حَتّى كَأن أَديمها مِما حَوَت

حَبات أَفئِدة المُلوك العدّل

حَبات أَفئِدة المُلوك العدّل

Until, from what it has held, its surface seems

It seems as if its surface is made up,

To be the kernels of the hearts of just kings.

Of the particles of the hearts of just kings.