قالتْ علامَ يحِنُّ قلبُكَ للتُّرابْ

وطموحُ غيركِ فوقَ أبراجِ السحابْ

She said, "Why does your heart yearn for dust?

While others' ambitions are above the clouds' lofts.

حزموا حقائبَهمْ منًى وعزيمةً

فعَلامَ تقنَعُ بالسفوحِ وبالهضابْ

They packed their bags with purpose and resolve,

So why do you settle for the slopes and plateaus?"

فأجبتها: سودُ النفوسِ تجاوزتْ

في سعيها حدَّ السلامةِ والصَّوابْ

I answered her: "The blackness of souls has exceeded

In its quest, the limits of propriety and rectitude.

وتمخَّضتْ رغباتُها عن فتنةٍ

عمْياءَ تجحدُ طهرَ والدِها الترابْ

And their desires begot sedition

A blind one that denies the purity of its homeland's soil."