1. I was enchanted by the illuminated meadow
With poetry that shone like moonbeams!

2. Like the purity of a pond.. the fervor of an inferno
The sweetness of fruits.. the fragrance of flowers!

3. I said to him.. how excellent are these verses
When they have charmed us with such gems!

4. They seemed to me like gentle clouds
Bestowing upon us the sweetness of rain..!

5. Poetry is but the outpouring of passion..
Bolstered by lofty thoughts!

6. Bearing it in life brought me close
Though it was sweet fruit..!

7. I rejoiced roaming towering lands.
And praised my bouquet and chest!

8. I asked the star about what was evident
And what was hidden and concealed!

9. It informed me - O this harvest!
O wondrous visions and images!

10. Blessed is the granter of this passion
That forms for us precious pearls!

11. It waters the thirsty.. and quenches the thirsty
So excellent is this waterer.. and river!

12. None attained it but some people
Who were giants among mankind!

13. They were the covert.. the guides..
The firm ones in sorcery!

14. It showed me the obscure in an alarmed
State of my awakening and caution!

15. O mistress of poetry! I am the ardent one
And the fiery one among the trees

16. I rave in your eternal gardens
Crazed by the heat of hellfire!