1. A flawless yellow palm, whose ruddy date-bunch
Glows like an ember lit for war's fierce feast.

2. Its yellowness the hue of ripe sheaves
That clothe this tree in majesty of mien.

3. It weeps pearl-drops that stream from every pipe
As music's mournful measures thrill the soul.

4. It dies and lives again from time to time -
Behold this endless miracle of palm!