وكم جماد وعجماً له نطقا

كالضبِّ والدبِّ والحصباء والحجر

How much lifeless matter has a voice,

Like the hyena, bear, pebbles and stone.

وحنَّة الجذع من أعلامه وكفى

من شاهدٍ بانشقاقِ صَفحَة القَمَر

And the moan of a palm tree is enough,

As evidence, from the splitting of the moon's surface.