1. على نهر سل في دجى الليل من رأى

    كواكبه زهراً تأمل ام زهرا

    By a river, ask whoever has seen in the darkness of night

    its stars: did he behold blossoms or radiant stars?

  2. إذا طلعت فيه النجوم فما ترى

    به العين الا الثلج مستودعاً جمرا

    When the stars rise within it, nothing is seen

    by the eye there but snow entrusted with embers.

  3. ثرى قد اعاد الليل مسكاً عبيره

    وماء اعاد البدر فضته تبرا

    Earth whose fragrance night has turned to musk,

    and water whose silver the full moon has turned to gold.