1. Will my moment shine with gardens of engraved patterns
Arranged by fingers of the archer?
١. هَل يَجتلي لَحظي رياضَ نقوشِ
قَد فُوّفَت بِأناملِ البكّوشِ
2. And rush to me in a bouquet, so I may pluck
The sweetest fruits from its well-tended grove?
٢. وَتزفُّ في طرسٍ إليّ فَأَجتَني
قَطفَ المُنى مِن روضِها المعروشِ
3. And fan the heat of my wings with its breeze,
With its flowers and scattered showers?
٣. وَأعلُّ حرَّ جَوانِحي بنَسيمها
وبِزَهرِها وبطلِّه المرشوشِ
4. And settle my hopes which had abandoned me
In its shade on the embroidered carpet?
٤. وَتقيلُ آمالي الّتي قَد أهجَرَت
في ظلّها ذي السندسِ المفروشِ
5. And see its streams bare swords
To battle my home of sleepy tent pegs?
٥. وَأَرى جَداوِلها سيوفاً جرّدت
لِقتال محلي من غمودِ رقوشِ
6. Clarifying with it the whites of meanings shredded
Behind the blacks of resting camel litters?
٦. تُجلى بها بيضُ المعاني خرّداً
مِن خلفِ سودِ ولائدِ الأحبوشِ
7. And see in it the king of eloquence towering
In blacks of flags and whites of armies?
٧. وَيُرى بها ملكُ البلاغةِ سامياً
في سودِ راياتٍ وبيض جيوشِ