1. Then we bent down to lush greens
As if its leaves were rats' ears
١. ثُمَّ اِنثَنَينا إِلى خُضرٍ مُنَعَّمَةٍ
كَأَنَّ أَوراقَها آذانُ جُرذانِ
2. And coffee like a rose bush from which
Pearls of dew and rain have been shaken off
٢. وَقَهوَةٌ كَجَنيِّ الوَردِ وَشَّحَهُ
مِن لُؤلُؤِ القَطرِ وَالأَنداءِ سِمطانِ