أُنظُرْ إلى السَّوسَنِ في نَباتِه
فإنَّه نَبْتٌ عَجيبُ المَنظَرِ
Look at the iris as it grows,
For it is a plant wondrous to behold.
كأنَّهُ مَلاعِقٌ من فِضَّةٍ
قد خُطَّ فيها نُقَطٌ من عَنْبَرِ
As though it were spoons of silver,
On which dots of ambergris have been traced.
Sol 6.1