1. جَنَيتُها وَالصُبحُ وَردِيُّ العَذَب

    بَنادِقاً مَخروطَةً مِنَ الذَهَب

    I picked them while dawn's fringes were rosy—

    pellets lathe-turned from gold,

  2. قَد ضُمِّنَت أَمثالَها مِنَ الخَشَب

    وَاِلتَفَّ مِنها خَشَبٌ عَلى غَرَب

    enclosing their likenesses made of wood.

    And wood within them wrapped around silver,

  3. وَصارَ مِنهُ السُمُّ حَشواً لِلضَرَب

    فَهيَ لَعَمري عَجَبٌ مِنَ العَجَب

    and poison from it became a filling for white honey.

    So, by my life, they are a wonder among wonders.