ثُمَّ اِنثَنَينا إِلى خُضرٍ مُنَعَّمَةٍ

ثُمَّ اِنثَنَينا إِلى خُضرٍ مُنَعَّمَةٍ

كَأَنَّ أَوراقَها آذانُ جُرذانِ

كَأَنَّ أَوراقَها آذانُ جُرذانِ

Then we turned to tender greens,

Then we bent down to lush greens

As though their leaves were rats’ ears;

As if its leaves were rats' ears

وَقَهوَةٌ كَجَنيِّ الوَردِ وَشَّحَهُ

وَقَهوَةٌ كَجَنيِّ الوَردِ وَشَّحَهُ

مِن لُؤلُؤِ القَطرِ وَالأَنداءِ سِمطانِ

مِن لُؤلُؤِ القَطرِ وَالأَنداءِ سِمطانِ

And wine like freshly gathered roses, adorned

And coffee like a rose bush from which

With two strands of pearls of rain and dew.

Pearls of dew and rain have been shaken off