1. The gardens of paradise I yearn for
Blessed is my Lord, their Creator

2. The strings of my heart are their flowers
And the remedy for my soul are their leaves

3. I stretched my hand toward my lily
And my lily is one of those flowers

4. The murmuring of streams revives it
And it finds comfort in the voice of birds

5. Flowers surround it beautifully
As jewels adorn some girls

6. Its gardens in delight protect it
Like virtuous and chaste women

7. Solitude teaches it until when
Its brilliance appears challenging it

8. I touched it with my palm and turned
To the right on the smooth paths

9. Until I saw, oh what I saw
Of the remarkable images

10. There a lily with thorns
I saw it by itself withering

11. So I tried to kiss it
And restrained myself for the future

12. And I fear if tomorrow I return
Sorrow will teach me of its demise

13. O lily of the garden what has befallen
Your youth until withering afflicted you

14. Maybe you are like a girl among our people
Her destiny is loss without happiness changing it

15. We see in her beauty but she does not
See in us the beauty of acceptance

16. So her flower withers while still
And her star sets while still rising

17. We complain of a treatment we came with
And she harbors resentment for its cruelty