1. بمحلّةٍ خضراءَ أفرغَ حليّها ال

    ذهبيّ ضاغَةُ قَطرها المسكُوب

    In a verdant place, whose adornment was cast

    in gold by the goldsmiths of its pouring rain.

  2. بَسَقت على شَرفِ البلادِ كأنّما

    قامت إلى ما تحتها بخطيب

    It rose upon the land’s heights, as though

    it stood before all beneath it with a preacher.

  3. والروضُ قد ألفِ النّدى فكأنّهُ

    عينُ توقّفَ دمعُها لرقيبِ

    The garden has grown accustomed to dew, so it is like

    an eye whose tears have stopped before a watcher.

  4. مُتخالفُ الألوانِ يجمعُ شَملَهُ

    ريحانُ ريحً ضبا وريحُ جَنوبِ

    Varied in color, its company is gathered

    by two winds: an east wind and a south wind.

  5. فكأنمّا الصَفراءُ إِذ تُومي إلى ال

    بيضاء صبٍّ جانحُ لحبيبِ

    So it is as though the yellow flower, when it nods toward the

    white, were a lovesick lover leaning toward a beloved.