إلى كمْ هكذا سمنا وطولاً

إلى كمْ هكذا سمنا وطولاً

وأمُّك ذاتُ عرقٍ مستدِّقِ

وأمُّك ذاتُ عرقٍ مستدِّقِ

How long will you remain so stout and tall,

For how long, tall and slender,

while your mother has a slender root?

Your mother with delicate features,

لقدْ أصبحتما طرفَيْ نقيضٍ

لقدْ أصبحتما طرفَيْ نقيضٍ

ألا يا نخلةٌ مِنْ ذاتِ عرقِ

ألا يا نخلةٌ مِنْ ذاتِ عرقِ

You two have indeed become polar opposites—

You've become opposites,

Ah, O palm tree from Dhāt ʿIrq!

Oh, palm tree with delicate features