1. The pastures have been overwhelmed by the abundant growth
Of vegetation, so that even its ravens cannot fly.

2. You see the lofty palm trees laden as though
They were tents with domes spread over them.

3. Its gate is easy for every cannon
If a palm tree bears fruit and its gate is closed.

4. We will have whatever we harvest from its fruits
As a springtime when its horizons have little cloud.

5. Enclosures whose prices have not been mixed with usury
Nor have they been obtained by taking blood money.

6. But God’s gift for every word of praise
Is plentiful from those who will inherit its reward.

7. And from our riding and the horses in every raid
Is lawful booty in a land whose people fear them.

8. Our forefathers and ancestors housed their sheep
With the summits of mountains while their blood dyed them.