1. وَالوُرقُ في أَسحارِها

    مادَت بِها مشنها القُضُب

    And the gray doves in their predawn hours—

    the branches swayed with them [unclear word].

  2. وَالماءُ سارٍ في النُفو

    سِ شِفاً مَحا مِنها الوَصَب

    And the water courses through the souls,

    a healing that wiped their pain away.

  3. يا حَبَّذا ماءُ السُرو

    رِ وَحَبَّذا ماءُ الطَرَب

    Oh, how delightful the water of joy,

    and how delightful the water of rapture!

  4. وادي النَعيمِ الأَخضَرُ الـ

    ـفَضّاحُ ذو المَرعى الخَصِب

    The green Valley of Bliss,

    putting others to shame, with fertile pasture;

  5. الفاتِنُ السابي الأَغَر

    رُ المُخجِلُ العُجبُ العَجَب

    enchanting, captivating, radiant,

    putting conceit to shame—a marvel.

  6. زاهٍ بِلَألاءِ الهَنا

    فَالعِزُّ لَألاءِ العِنَب

    Resplendent with the glitter of bliss;

    so glory is the glitter of grapes.

  7. غِلمانُ لاحَت كَالأَهِل

    لَةِ ما عَلَيها مِن سُحُب

    Youths appeared like crescent moons,

    with no clouds above them.

  8. ضُرِبَت عَلَيها مِن رَيا

    حينِ البَساتينِ قُبَب

    Raised above them, from fragrant plants

    of the gardens, were domed pavilions.

  9. هَل صورُ إِسرافيلَ نا

    يُ القَينَةِ بِنتِ العَرَب

    Is Israfil's trumpet the flute

    of the singing girl, daughter of the Arabs,

  10. الشارَةِ في اللازِوَر

    دِيِّ المُطَرَّزِ بِالذَهَب

    finely adorned in lapis-blue

    embroidered with gold?