1. كانَ بِرَوضٍ غُصُنٌ ناعِمٌ

    يَقولُ جَلَّ الواحِدُ المُنفَرِد

    In a garden stood a tender bough,

    Saying, “Exalted is the One, the Peerless!

  2. فَقامَتي في ظَرفِها قامَتي

    وَمِثلُ حُسنى في الوَرى ما عُهِد

    For my form, in its grace, is mine alone,

    And among all creation, beauty like mine has never been known.”

  3. فَأَقبَلَت خُنفُسَةٌ تَنثَني

    وَنَجلُها يَمشي بِجَنبِ الكَبِد

    Then a beetle came swaying along,

    And her son walked beside her liver.

  4. تَقولُ يا زَينَ رِياضِ البَها

    إِنَّ الَّذي تَطلُبُهُ قَد وُجِد

    She said, “O adornment of the gardens of splendor,

    What you seek has indeed been found.

  5. فَانظُر لِقَدِّ اِبني وَلا تَفتَخِر

    مادامَ في العالَمِ أُمٌّ تَلِد

    So look at my son's stature, and do not boast,

    So long as a mother in this world gives birth.”