أذلك أم ضرسٌ من النخلِ مُترَعٌ

بوادي القُرى فيه العيونُ الرواجِعُ

Is that or a palm tree's tooth sprouting

In the valleys of Qura, where returning eyes roam

له سعفٌ جَعدٌ وَليفٌ كأنَّهُ

حواشي بُرودٍ حاكَهُنَّ الصَوانِعُ

It has disheveled, fibrous fronds, as though

They were the trim of a cloak, woven by skilled hands

إذا مات مِنّا سيِّدٌ قامَ بَعدَهُ

لَهُ خَلَفٌ يَكفِي السيادةَ بارِعُ

When one of our leaders dies, after him

Rises a successor, excelling in rule

من ابنائِهِ والعِرقُ يَنصُرُ فَرعَهُ

على أصلِهِ والعِرقُ للعِرقِ نازعُ

One of his sons, and blood defends its branch

On its root, and blood contends against blood