فَسَرَحتُ فيهِ سَوامَ طَرفِيَ رائِعاً

فَسَرَحتُ فيهِ سَوامَ طَرفِيَ رائِعاً

ما بَينَ أَزهارٍ وَأَرضِ عِهادِ

ما بَينَ أَزهارٍ وَأَرضِ عِهادِ

So I let the grazing herd of my gaze roam within it, awestruck,

I set my eyes roaming in it, exulting,

between flowers and earth watered by successive rains.

Amongst flowers and pastoral lands,

أَفدي بِأَبيَضِ ناظِرَيَّ بَياضَهُ

أَفدي بِأَبيَضِ ناظِرَيَّ بَياضَهُ

وَسَوادَ أَحرُفِهِ بِنورِ سَوادي

وَسَوادَ أَحرُفِهِ بِنورِ سَوادي

I would ransom its whiteness with the whites of my two eyes,

I would ransom their whiteness with my eyes' whiteness

and the blackness of its letters with the light of my dark pupils.

And their blackness with my blackness' light.