وحولَ ميادينِ الرياضِ تراصفَتْ

نظائرُ أشباهٍ ملابسُها خُضْرُ

In the fields around Riyadh they were arrayed

In ranks, their robes all green of a single shade

تلاقتْ أعاليها وأشَّتْ أصولُها

فقد عجزتْ عن خَرْقِها الريحُ والقَطْرُ

Their tops were joined, their roots spread firm below

Resisting wind and rain in their stronghold

وقد قُرِضَتْ منها جِعادُ لِمَامها

وقامتْ صفوفاً مثلما قُوِّمَ السَّطْرُ

Trimmed from them were the locks of their turbaned crowns

And they stood in lines as straight as lines of prose