كَآبائِنا كُنّا وَكُلُّ أَرومَةٍ

كَآبائِنا كُنّا وَكُلُّ أَرومَةٍ

عَلى أَصلِها ما تَنبُتَنَّ فُروعُها

عَلى أَصلِها ما تَنبُتَنَّ فُروعُها

We were like our forefathers, and every rootstock—

Like our forefathers we were, and every elbow

Its branches surely grow according to its root.

Its branches grow not unless on its root