قفْ بالخليج فإنه

أشهى بقاع الأرض ربعا

Stand by the gulf, for it is

The most delightful place on earth by far

رقصت له الأغصان إذ

أثنى الحمام عليه سجعاً

The branches danced for it

When the dove praised it with rhyming couplets

متعطف كالأيم ذعرا

حين خيف فضاق ذرعا

Swaying like a frightened mother

When scared and distraught with worry

وإذا تمرُّ به الصبا

فأطربْ لسيفٍ صار درعا

And when the morning breeze passes by it

It excites, like a sword that became armor

متباريات سفنهُ

خفضاً براكبها ورفعاً

Its competing ships

Lowering then raising their passengers

مثل العقارب أقبلتْ

فوق الأراقم وهي تسعى

Like scorpions they approached

Above the sand dunes as they raced