1. أم القرى عندك أم يوح

    فقد سرى بنورها اللوح

    Is the Mother of Cities with you, or Yūḥ?

    For the tablet has traveled by her light.

  2. أم ذات مرط ذهبي لها

    يعقدها في الجو تطويح

    Or is she one with a golden cloak

    that a swaying motion fastens in the air?

  3. فسقني أختا لها دنها

    جسم لها وهي لها روح

    Then pour me a sister of hers: her wine jar

    is a body for her, and she is its soul.

  4. كأنها الشمس وما نفضت

    من شرر عنها المصابيح

    She seems the sun, and what she has shaken off

    as sparks around her are the lamps.