رُبَّ يَومٍ قَد ظَلَّ فيه نديمي

يَتَغَنّى بِرَوضَةٍ غَنّاءَ

Many a day my friend did spend

Singing in a melodious garden

وَكأَنَّ الرياضَ حُسناً حَبيبٌ

عاطرٌ سامهُ المحبُّ لقاءَ

As if the meadows were the beauty of a lover

Fragrant, exhaling the scent of love's meeting

ضربت سُحبهُ رواقاً علينا

واِرتَدَينا مِن الغمام رداءَ

The clouds spread above us like a porch

And we were clothed in a gown of mist

قَد تَحلّى بِزَهرِهِ وَتَبدىّ

ماثِلاً في غلالةٍ خَضراءَ

Adorned with its flowers, appearing

Amidst a verdant shade

فأَرتنا الرياضُ منها نُجوماً

وَأَرانا سنا العُقار ذَكاءَ

The meadows showed us stars

And showed the brilliance of the full moon

فَكأَنَّا بِها شربنا سَناها

وَحللنا بِما حللنا السَماءَ

As if we drank its radiance there

And donned what adorns the sky