1. Gaze upon a sky that has shaded me
In it are lamps blossoming
١. تَأَمَّل سَماءً أَظلّت عَلَي
كَ فيها مَصابيحُها تَزهر
2. And an earth we face with pyramids
Its sun is the star Ja'far
٢. وَأَرض نُقابِلُها بِالعَرو
سِ وَالبُرج شَمسُها جَعفَر
3. And a draft of light the morning after rain
Its breaths are musk and ambergris
٣. وَمَسحَبُ نورٍ غداة الرَّبي
عِ أَنفاسُه المسك وَالعَنبَر
4. Among its anemones yellow
And multiples of its yellow redder
٤. خِلالَ شَقائِقِه أَصفَرٌ
وَأَضعاف أَصفرِه أَحمَر
5. And for the water a constant flow between them
Narrowed by its injury the source
٥. وَلِلماءِ مُطَّرَدٌ بينه
يَضيقُ بِآذيِّه المَصدَر
6. And for the eloquent ones at its edges
Yearnings of longing and expressed
٦. وَلِلناطِقاتِ بِأَكنافِه
دَواعي اِشتِياق وَمُستَعبَر
7. The land accompanies it from one side
And from one side its green sea
٧. يُساوِقه البَرّ من جانِب
وَمن جانِب بَحره الأَخضَر
8. An open space of beasts and a watering place of companions
So excellent an orchard and what a scene
٨. مَجال وحوش وَمرقى أَنيس
فَيا عُرفَ لهو وَيا مَنظَر
9. And oh beauty of the world and oh pride of kingdom
Ruled by the Greatest Ruler
٩. وَيا حُسن دُنيا وَيا عِزَّ مُلك
يسوسهم السائِس الأَكبَر
10. With Him the order of the Commanders
With propriety and the prohibition of wrong
١٠. إِمام بِه أَمَرَ الآمرو
نَ بِالعُرفِ وَاِستُنكِر المُنكَر