1. The branches, as if when they ripened,
With the weight of their gray twigs,
١. كأنَّ الغصونَ وَقَد أينعَتْ
بِحَمْلِ قراصِيّها الأَغبرِ
2. Wore beautiful silk robes
And were adorned with beads of ambergris.
٢. قدودٌ حسانٌ لَبِسنَ الحريرَ
وَقُلِّدْنَ من خَرَزِ العنْبَرِ