1. The palm tree grows twisted with props
Its pillars bent with effort
١. وَيَشْجُر الأَبْلَخَ بِالدِعَمِّ
بِمِزْحَمٍ أَرْكانُهُ دِقَمِّ
2. Neglecting affairs, breaking contracts
Its flexibility not worn by the passage of time
٢. عَاسِي الشُؤُونِ قَطِمِ القِطْيَمِّ
لَمْ يُدْمِ مَرْنَيْهِ خِشاشُ الزَمِّ
3. Not marked with seals
Uniting the two races, pure bred
٣. وَلَيْسَ بِالمُوَقَّعِ العِرْصَمِّ
وَجامِعِ القُطْرَيْنِ مُطْرَخِمِّ
4. Blinded by an obscuring blindness
From the rancor of seething envy
٤. بَيَّضَ عَيْنَيْهِ العَمَى المُعَمِّي
مِنْ نَحَمَانِ الحَسَدِ النِحَمِّ
5. People are but like fluttering moths
Content with enslavement and blindness
٥. ما الناسُ إِلَّا كَالثُمامِ الثَمِّ
يَرْضَونَ بِالتَعْبِيدِ وَالتَأَمِّي
6. When our armed warrior digs in
We will leave this two-horned one like a rock
٦. لَنَا إِذَا مَا خَنْدَقَ المُسَمِّي
نَتْرُكُ ذَا القَرْنَيْنِ كَالأَجَمِّ
7. Broken against our unhearing stone
Against the pillar of sturdy pillars
٧. مُكَسَّراً عَنْ صَخْرِنَا الأَصَمِّ
عَنْ صامِل الأَرْكانِ مُجْلَخَمِّ
8. We will break the molar of the crushing biter
And if we boiled like the foam of the sea
٨. نَكْسِرُ ضِرْسَ الهَقِمِ القَهْقَمِّ
وَإِنْ زَخَرْنا كَعُبَابِ اليَمِّ
9. It twists the expanse of the solid land
Among us is the protector of people with strength
٩. عَضَّلَ فَرْغَ الواسِعِ الدِقَمِّ
مِنَّا مُجِيرُ الناسِ بِالمَضَمِّ
10. With the hair of familiar recognition
And leadership is among us and the leading Imam
١٠. بِمَشْعَرِ المُعْرَّفِ القِذَمِّ
وَالمُلْكُ فِينَا وَالإِمامُ الأُمِّي
11. For us and in us lies the secret of all matters
١١. لَنَا وَفِينَا مُخُّ كُلِّ رِمِّ