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She said, "Why does your heart yearn for dust?

التراب

1. She said, "Why does your heart yearn for dust?
While others' ambitions are above the clouds' lofts.

١. قالتْ علامَ يحِنُّ قلبُكَ للتُّرابْ
وطموحُ غيركِ فوقَ أبراجِ السحابْ

2. They packed their bags with purpose and resolve,
So why do you settle for the slopes and plateaus?"

٢. حزموا حقائبَهمْ منًى وعزيمةً
فعَلامَ تقنَعُ بالسفوحِ وبالهضابْ

3. I answered her: "The blackness of souls has exceeded
In its quest, the limits of propriety and rectitude.

٣. فأجبتها: سودُ النفوسِ تجاوزتْ
في سعيها حدَّ السلامةِ والصَّوابْ

4. And their desires begot sedition
A blind one that denies the purity of its homeland's soil."

٤. وتمخَّضتْ رغباتُها عن فتنةٍ
عمْياءَ تجحدُ طهرَ والدِها الترابْ