كأنَّ الغصونَ وَقَد أينعَتْ

بِحَمْلِ قراصِيّها الأَغبرِ

The branches, as if when they ripened,

With the weight of their gray twigs,

قدودٌ حسانٌ لَبِسنَ الحريرَ

وَقُلِّدْنَ من خَرَزِ العنْبَرِ

Wore beautiful silk robes

And were adorned with beads of ambergris.