1. أرى زَهْرَ القرنفلِ قد جُلِيَتْ

    قدودٌ ترجحنَّ به قيامُ

    I see the carnation's bloom; unveiled are

    slender forms that sway with it, standing upright.

  2. أخالُ لو أنها أعناق طيرٍ

    نهضنَ به لقلتُ هي النَعامُ

    I fancy, were they the necks of birds

    rising with it, I would say: they are ostriches.

  3. توقدَ زهرُه جمراً لدينا

    وتلك لها من الجمر التقامُ

    Its bloom blazed as embers before us,

    and those birds swallow embers.