1. أَلِاَنَ عَلِمتُ أَنَّ البَعثَ حَقٌّ

    وَأَنَّ اللَهَ يَفعَلُ ما يَشاءُ

    Now I know that resurrection is true,

    and that God does whatever He wills.

  2. رَأَيتُ الخَثعَمِيَّ يُقِلُّ أَنفاً

    يَضيقُ بِعَرضِهِ البَلَدُ الفَضاءُ

    I saw al-Khath‘ami bearing a nose

    for whose breadth the wide-open land is too narrow.

  3. سَما صَعُداً فَقَصَّرَ كُلُّ سامٍ

    لِهَيبَتِهِ وَغَصَّ بِهِ الهَواءُ

    It soared upward, so every lofty thing fell short

    in awe of it, and the air choked on it.

  4. هُوَ الجَبَلُ الَّذي لَولا ذُراهُ

    إِذاً وَقَعَت عَلى الأَرضِ السَماءُ

    It is the mountain—were it not for its peaks,

    then the sky would have fallen upon the earth.