1. The life flourished and the streams gushed
And the springs overflowed and the ponds filled

2. Adorned with its light are the beautiful maidens
And the bulbuls chirped in their bowers

3. Goodness has spread over the land
And the face of earth is verdant

4. And the sky's brow is laden with clouds
Between the two blows a separating wind

5. With it the dawns and the evenings dew
As if the vegetation is a vast ocean

6. And the hills are nothing but its coast
And the lofty palms are sailing ships

7. Inclining now this way, now that way
Swayed by the south winds and the breezes

8. And the tall and mighty trees
Famous for their long and trailing branches

9. Winding at their stems and flexuous
Clustered at their heads are the tresses

10. Among them the ripe dates have stalks and clusters
Red as if they were fingers

11. As though of gold pieces were the pendants
With silver chains binding them

12. Among them are fruits in dense clusters
You'd imagine them sad, questioning

13. With flowing tears welling from within
As if a mother bereft of children

14. In their plaits, of their braids are coils
For them are anklets of golden bells

15. Revolving like meteors, fixed are their stations
Some ascending, others falling and others low

16. And the water amid the meadows is flowing
Sheltered by its banks, the ripplets

17. As if pregnant she-camels kneeling down to rest
And the birds in its branches warbling

18. At dawn and eve making them brilliant
So rise to attain your wishes, O oblivious one

19. For the days of youth are few
Man in this world is a vanishing mirage

20. And time for man is ever consuming
And all things in time are unreal