إلى الروض الذي قد أضحكته

إلى الروض الذي قد أضحكته

شآبيب السحائب بالبكاءِ

شآبيب السحائب بالبكاءِ

To the garden that has been made to smile

To the garden that the streams of clouds

by the clouds’ showers as they weep;

Made laugh with weeping,

كأن شقائق النعمان فيه

كأن شقائق النعمان فيه

ثياب قد روين من الدماءِ

ثياب قد روين من الدماءِ

as though the anemones within it were

As if the anemones in it

garments that have drunk their fill of blood.

Were clad in garments wet with blood.