قَدْ قَطَفْنَا ذَهَباً مِنْ سُنْدُسِ

وَاقْتَضَيْنَا شَفَقاً عَنْ حِنْدِسِ

We plucked gold from lilies

We have plucked gold from verdant silk,

And extracted dusk from henna blossoms

And claimed a twilight glow from the deepest dark,

وَقَنَصْنَا بَيْنَ أَزْهَارِ الرُّبَى

قُرَّةَ الْعَيْنِ وَزَهْوَ الأَنْفُسِ

And hunted, amid flowers of the meadow,

And captured, among the blossoms of the hills,

The delight of the eye and the joy of the soul

The delight of the eyes and the splendor of souls.