أَشهدَ الأقحوانُ أنَّ جناهُ

كافرٌ بالذي سواهُ جناهُ

The red anemones bear witness that his love

Is an infidel to all but his love

قائلٌ قولَ من تبَّرأَ قِدماً

مِن هوى مَن قضى عليهِ هواهُ

Saying words of one who has long renounced

The passion of the one his passion destroyed

إنَّ نَورَ الرُّبى عبيدٌ وكُلٌّ

للبهارِ البهيّ يقضي وَلاهُ

The light of spring are slaves, each

To the splendid spring, fulfilling its will