1. وَكَرِيمَةٍ سَقَتِ الرّيَاضَ بِدرِّها

    فَغَدتْ تَنُوبُ عَنِ السَّحَابِ الهَامِعِ

    And a generous one watered the gardens with her abundant flow,

    So she came to stand in for the pouring clouds,

  2. بِلِبَاسِ مَحْزُونٍ وَدَمْعَةِ عَاشِقٍ

    وَحَنِينِ مُشْتاقٍ وَأَنَّةِ جَازعِ

    With a sorrowing one's garb and a lover's tear,

    And the yearning of one who longs, and the moan of one in anguish.

  3. فَكأَنَّهَا فَلَكٌ يَدورُ وَعُلْوُهُ

    يَرْمِي القَرار بِكُلِّ نَجْمٍ طَالِعِ

    So she is like a revolving celestial sphere, whose heights

    Pelt the ground with every rising star.