1. God has a grave in Marrakesh
Where the sun of glory and fortune has set

2. O palm tree spreading your shade over it
And bending over it with every supple branch

3. Do you miss him or mourn his state
Or are you his distant brother's daughter?

4. Your roots are not the treasure of glory in the soil
Or do you watch with hoopoe's eyes?

5. When man grew hard on his own kin
The vegetation was there to embrace him

6. I have seen misery attracting more misery
And I have seen the prosperous turn destitute