My heart beats with love for the Arabs,
My mouth proudly speaks their language.
Do they and I not share a common source?
The distant past drew us together,
When al-Samaw’al set in the book of faithfulness
An emblem to the Arabs in al-Ablaq.
Anwar Shā’ul (1904, Al-Ḥilla–1984, Kiryat Ono)