يا منظراً إن رمقت بهجته

أذكرني حسن جنَّةِ الخلد

O sight, if you glance upon its splendor

Remind me of the beauty of the eternal garden

تربة مسكٍ وجو عنبرةٍ

وغيم ند وطش ما ورد

The soil of musk and the air of ambergris

And clouds of soft silk and rose water

والماء كاللازورد قد نظمت

فيه اللآلي فواغر الأسد

And the water like lazuli in which

Precious gems and lions' mouths are strung

كأنما جائل الحباب به

يلعب في حافتيه بالنرد

As if the particles of dust in it

Play at its banks with dice

تراه يزدهي إذا يحل به ال

قادر زهو الكعاب بالعقد

You see it flourishing when

The Almighty's glory smiles with bracelets

تخاله إن بدا به قمرا

تما بدا في مطالع السعد

You'd think that if a moon appeared in it

It would appear as it does in the auspicious ascendant

كأنما أُلبِست حدائقه

ما حاز من شيمة ومن مجد

As if its gardens were clothed

In the glory and honor they obtained

كأنما جادها فروضها

بوابلٍ من يمينه رعد

As if its obligatory acts of worship

Were watered by thunderbolts from His right hand

لا زال في عزة مضاعفةٍ

ميمم الرِفد وارِيَ الزندِ

It remains in double majesty

Seeking its course and watering alkaline soil