1. تَبَسَّمَ زَهْرُ اللَّوْزِ عَنْ دُرِّ مَبْسَمٍ

    وَأَصْبَح في حُسْنٍ يَجِلُّ عَنِ الوَصْفِ

    The almond blossom smiled, revealing the pearls of a smiling mouth.

    And became so beautiful as to defy description.

  2. هَلُمَّ إِلَيْهِ بَيْنَ قَصْفٍ وَلذَّةٍ

    فإِنَّ غُصُونَ الزَّهْرِ تَصْلُحُ لِلقَصْفِ

    Come to it amid revelry and pleasure,

    For the flowering boughs are fit to be snapped off.