1. مَلَأَ العُيونَ غَضارَةً وَنَضارَةً

    صَحوٌ يُطالِعُنا بِوَجهٍ مونَقِ

    The eyes were filled with lushness and freshness

    by a clear day greeting us with a lovely face.

  2. وَالشَمسُ واضِحَةُ الجَبينِ كَأَنَّها

    وَجهُ المَليحَةِ في الخِمارِ الأَزرَقِ

    And the sun, its brow radiant, seems like

    the face of a lovely woman in a blue veil.

  3. وَكَأَنَّها عِندَ اِنبِساطِ شُعاعِها

    تِبرٌ يَذوبُ عَلى فُروعِ المَشرِقِ

    And as its rays spread out, it seems like

    raw gold melting over the boughs of the east.

  4. جَرَّت إِذا بَكَرَت ذُيولَ مُزَعفَرٍ

    وَتَجُرُّ إِذ راحَت ذُيولَ مُمَشَّقِ

    At dawn it trailed the skirts of a saffron-dyed robe,

    and at evening it trails the skirts of one dyed red ochre.

  5. فَشَرِبتُها عَذراءَ مِن يَدِ مِثلِها

    تَحكي الصَباحَ مَعَ الصَباحِ المُشرِقِ

    So I drank it, virgin wine, from the hand of one like it,

    mirroring the dawn beside the radiant dawn,

  6. في رَوضَةٍ تَلقاكَ حينَ لَقيتَها

    بِمُنَمنَمٍ مِن نَبتِها وَمُنَمَّقِ

    in a garden that greets you, when you meet it,

    with its finely patterned and richly adorned plants.

  7. فَاِنظُر إِلى عُشبٍ هُناكَ مُجَمَّعٍ

    وَاِنظُر إِلى زَهرٍ هُناكَ مُفَرَّقِ

    So look at the grass clustered there,

    and look at the flowers scattered there.

  8. تُحبى بِوَردٍ كَاللُجَينِ مُكَفَّرٍ

    مِنها وَوَردٍ كَالعَقيقِ مُخَلَّقِ

    You are gifted with roses like silver, perfumed with camphor,

    from it, and roses like carnelian, perfumed with saffron.

  9. وَكَذاكَ تُتحَفُ مِن مَنافِعِ مائِها

    بِمُخَلَّقٍ يَعلو ذُؤابَةَ أَخلَقِ

    And likewise, from the bounty of its water, you are gifted

    with a saffron-tinted form rising above a smooth one's crest.

  10. يَبدو وَيَكمُنُ في الغَديرِ كَأَنَّهُ

    جانٍ يُحاوِلُ أَن يَبينَ وَيَتَّقي

    It appears and hides in the pool, as though it were

    an offender trying to appear while keeping wary.

  11. فَإِلى السُرورِ لَنا عَنانٌ مَطلَقٌ

    إِنَّ الفَوائِدِ في العَنانِ المُطلَقِ

    So toward joy our rein is let loose;

    indeed, the benefits lie in a rein let loose.