شهدت للنيلوفرِ الغضِّ

بالعدلِ في جملة ما يقضي

I bear witness to the water lily's innocence

In all it does with utmost fairness

يفتَح عند الصبح أجفانَه

طَرْفا ولا يلوي على الغُمْض

It opens its eyelids at dawn

Slightly, without completely closing them

لأن تحت الصبح نيلَ المنى

وكلَّ طِيبٍ حسنٍ محض

For underneath the dawn lies the water of wishes

And all good and beauty in its purest form

حتى إذا الليل تبدّى انزوى

وغاص بالكلّ وبالبعضِ

Until when night falls it withdraws

And plunges into the whole and the parts

كيلا يَرَى في الليل لون القِلى

والصدِّ والهجرانِ والبغضِ

So that in the night it won't see the color of rancor

Hostility, estrangement, and hatred