رائِعاتٌ أَخُفُّهُنَّ ثَقيلُ

رائِعاتٌ أَخُفُّهُنَّ ثَقيلُ

وَخُطوبٌ أَدَقُّهُنَّ جَليلُ

وَخُطوبٌ أَدَقُّهُنَّ جَليلُ

Terrors, the lightest of them heavy;

Marvels, the slightest of them momentous,

And misfortunes, the slightest of them immense;

And catastrophes, the finest of them grave,

وَرَزايا تَهفو لَهُنَّ حُلومٌ

وَرَزايا تَهفو لَهُنَّ حُلومٌ

راسِياتٌ وَتَستَزِلُّ عُقولُ

راسِياتٌ وَتَستَزِلُّ عُقولُ

And calamities before which judgments falter—

And calamities from which recoil souls,

Firmly anchored though they are—and minds are made to stumble.

Firmly rooted, though minds become dislodged.