حمالةُ كرياضٍ جاورتْ نهراً

حمالةُ كرياضٍ جاورتْ نهراً

فأنبتتْ شجراً رقَّتْ أزاهرها

فأنبتتْ شجراً رقَّتْ أزاهرها

A baldric, like gardens that bordered a river,

Like meadows bordering a river

and so brought forth trees whose blossoms were delicate;

She grew trees, softening their flowers

كحيّة الماءِ عامتْ فيه وانصرفتْ

كحيّة الماءِ عامتْ فيه وانصرفتْ

فغابَ أولُها فيه وآخرُها

فغابَ أولُها فيه وآخرُها

like a water snake that swam in it and turned away,

She lived in it like a water snake

so its beginning and its end vanished within it.

Her beginning disappeared in it, and her end