قَد أَهبِطُ الرَودَةَ الزَهراءَ عارِيَةً

سَدّى لَها الغَيثُ نسجاً فَالنَباتُ سَدِ

I have brought the green meadow bare

The rain has clothed it with fabrics so the plants are clad

تُمسي لشَقائِقُ فيها وَهيَ قانِيَةٌ

مِمّا سَقاها رُعافُ الجَديِ وَالأَسَدِ

The anemones therein become happy at dusk

From what the runoff of mountain and lion have watered it

يَغنى بَنو المُلكِ إِن حَلّوا بِساحَتِها

عَن الزَرابيّ وَالأَنماطِ وَالوَسُدِ

The royal sons sing, if they stay in its yard

Without need for carpets, pillows or bedding

لا حِسٌّ لِلجِسمِ بَعدَ الرَوحِ نَعلَمُهُ

فَهَل تَحِسُّ إِذا بانَت عَنِ الجَسَدِ

We know the body has no sense after the soul

Does it then sense when it parts from the frame?

وَالطَبعُ يَهوي إِلى ما شانَ يَطلُبُهُ

لَكِن يُجَرُّ إِلى ما زانَ بِالمَسَدِ

Nature inclines toward what it is wont to seek

But it is dragged to what is decorated by corruption

وَفي الغَرائِزِ أَخلاقٌ مُذَمَّمَةٌ

فَهَل نُلامُ عَلى النَكراءِ وَالحَسَدِ

In instincts are blameworthy morals

Shall we blame the vile and envious for that?

أَهَكَذا كانَ أَهلُ الأَرضِ قَبلَكُمُ

أَم غَيَّروا بِسَجايا مِنهُمُ فُسُدِ

Is this how the people of earth were before you

Or did they change with traits among them that rotted?