1. ورَوضَةٍ عقدَتْ أَيْدِي الربيعِ بِها

    نَوْراً بِنَوْرٍ وتَزْويجاً بتَزْويجِ

    And a garden where the hands of spring have joined

    blossom to blossom, and pairing to pairing,

  2. بِمُلْقَحٍ مِنْ سَوارِيها وَمُلْحَقَةٍ

    ونَاتِجٍ مِنْ غَوادِيها ومَنتُوجِ

    with a fertilized bloom from its night rains and another joined,

    and, from its morning rains, one bringing forth and one brought forth.

  3. توشَّحَتْ بِمُلاةٍ غَيْرِ مُلْحمةٍ

    مِنْ نَوْرِها ورِداءٍ غَيْرِ مَنْسُوجِ

    It draped itself in a mantle without weft,

    made of its blossoms, and in an unwoven robe;

  4. فَأَلْبَسَتْ حُلَلَ المَوشِيِّ زَهْرَتها

    وَجَلَّلتْها بِأَنْماطِ الدَّيابِيجِ

    so it clothed its bloom in robes of embroidered cloth

    and draped it in coverlets of brocade.