يا حُسنَهُ من سُنْبلٍ ناصِعٍ

يا حُسنَهُ من سُنْبلٍ ناصِعٍ

يبدو لنا في قائم أخضرِ

يبدو لنا في قائم أخضرِ

O, how lovely—a gleaming spike of hyacinth,

Oh, how lovely it is—a radiant hyacinth,

appearing before us on an upright green stalk,

Appearing to us on a green stalk!

كانّما من حولِ زهْرَاتِه

كانّما من حولِ زهْرَاتِه

زَرَافِنٌ صيغت من العَنْبَرِ

زَرَافِنٌ صيغت من العَنْبَرِ

as though, all around its blossoms,

As though around its blossoms

were door-bolts stained with ambergris.

Were clasps fashioned from ambergris.