لي منصبُ العَرَبِ البيضِ المصاليتِ

ومنطِقٌ صيغَ من دُرٍّ وياقوتِ

Mine is the lineage of the bright, sharp-bladed Arabs,

And eloquence that is fashioned from pearls and rubies,

وهِمَّةٌ هيَ دونَ العرشِ منكبها

وصارَ ما تحتها في لجَّةِ الحوتِ

And an ambition whose shoulder touches just beneath the Throne,

While all beneath it lies deep in the abyss of the Whale.