1. The sea of poetry, its waves crashing,
Tumultuous, yet nothing to show for the foaming tumult.
١. بَحْرُ القريضِ تلاطَمَتْ أَمْواجُهُ
وطَمَتْ فَمَا لِخِضَمِّها عِبْران
2. I see eloquence has abandoned our Bedouins,
So how can any eloquence come from a Hebrew?
٢. وأَرى الفصاحَةَ جانَبَتْ أَعْرَابَنَا
حَدًّا فكيفَ تصِحُّ من عِبْراني