1. هي الروضة الغناء مرءاً ومسمعا

    فما أبصرت عيني ولا سمعت أذني

    She is the luxuriant garden, to eye and ear;

    for my eye has never seen her like, nor has my ear heard it.

  2. تروق لأطيار الحدائق منظراً

    فتوصل من بشر بها اللحن باللحن

    She delights the birds of the gardens with her appearance,

    so, out of joy in her, they join melody to melody.

  3. أطلت على الأشجار فهي مليكة

    لذاك عليها جل أغصانها تثني

    She looks out over the trees, for she is a queen;

    so most of their branches sing her praise.

  4. لها صدر طاووس تطاول ناشراً

    جناحيه بأمثال اللجين بلادهن

    She has the breast of a peacock that stretches high, spreading

    its two wings, like silver, without paint.

  5. وقد أحدقت فيها الحدائق مثلما

    يطوف بأحداق المهى هدب الجفن

    And the gardens have encircled her, just as

    the eyelid's lashes circle the eyes of the oryx.

  6. يقبل ثغر الأقحوان شقيقه

    ويلتف فيها الغصن الغصن اللدن

    The chrysanthemum's brother kisses its lips,

    and branch entwines with supple branch within her.

  7. لها النهر طوق والأراهير حلية

    لذا أصبحت في الحسن فائقة الحسن

    The river is her necklace, and the flowers her adornment;

    thus, in beauty, she has come to surpass beauty itself.

  8. دخلنا فزرنا جنة الخلد عندها

    وكانت مكان الصبح في الحالك الجن

    We entered, and there visited the Garden of Eternity;

    and she took dawn's place amid the pitch-black gloom.

  9. خرجنا وقد قيل أمكثوا وكأننا

    أريد بنا لما خرجنا إلى السجن

    We left, though we were told, 'Stay!'—and it was as though

    we were meant, as we left, to be sent to prison.

  10. فدتها قصور حول دجلة شيدت

    على حين لم يسمن ثراها ولا يغني

    May the palaces built around the Tigris be her ransom,

    though their soil neither nourishes nor satisfies.

  11. فتلك بها الأثمار تجلى لتجتلى

    وذي أبداً تجلو لنا الثمر المجني

    For in those, fruits are displayed to be admired,

    while this one always presents us with harvested fruit.