1. The palm tree said: You have borne ripe dates
Why have I not been cut down into firewood?

2. None who was hungry benefited from you when you fed them
Nor did any lad or merchant rest in your shade and profit

3. Hearing this reproach, the rose bush felt ashamed
And spoke to the palm tree to express its woe and wonder:

4. If you are a tree that bears ripe dates
Then I am a branch that bears delight