1. أَلا يا نَخلَةً بِالسَف

    حِ مِن أَكنافِ جُرجانِ

    O palm tree by Euphrates' shore

    From Jurjan's protecting thickets hoar!

  2. أَلا إِنّي وَإِياكِ

    بِجُرجانِ غَريبانِ

    Know, that both thou and I

    In Jurjan are as strangers nigh!