1. The singing nightingale's most sublime perch
Has made the sojourner's life joyful

2. Spring has spread over Dawha's gardens
Garments that surpass the coolness of Tazid's abode

3. If Shaddad ibn 'Ad had made it his abode
He would not have erected pillars of grandeur

4. Every swaying branch sang in it
Leaving the nightingale swooning with its melody

5. It was as though Garid the singer and Mu'abbad
Sang the slow tempo and repeated the chorus

6. And Zunam tightened the strings of the lute and moved
The fingers of Banan upon it to and fro