1. They taunt us with the palm trees, yet the palms are not ours
Your father wished, were he a dog, that he owned palms
١. تُعَيرنا بالنخل والنخلُ مالُنا
وودّ أبوك الكلبُ لو كان ذا نخْلِ
2. What prophet was there not from a village?
And has God's rule been other than that of the messengers?
٢. وأي نبيٍّ كان من غير قرية
وهل كان حكُم الله إلاّ مع الرسْلِ