مُغرِّدُ الليل ما يألوكَ تغريدا

ملَّ الكرى فهو يدعو الصبحَ مجهودا

The nightingale never ceases its melodious singing,

It has filled the land as it calls out to the dawn with great effort.

لما تَطَرَّب هزَّ العطفَ من طرَبٍ

ومدَّ للصوتِ لما مدَّه الجيدا

When it became enraptured it shook its wings in rapture,

And stretched its voice as the neck stretches.

كلابسٍ مِطرفاً مرُخٍ جوانبهُ

تضاحِكُ البيضُ من أَطرافِه السودا

Like one wearing a bejeweled collar, with flowing sides,

The white flowers laugh from its black edges.

حالي المقلَّدِ لو قيستْ قلادته

بالورد قصَّرَ عنها الوردُ توريدا

If my state with its imitation necklace were compared

To the roses, the roses' adornment would fall short.

رانٍ بِفُصَّيْ عقيقٍ يدركان له

من حِدَّةٍ فيهما ما ليس محدودا

Two earrings of ruby that attain for it

A sharpness beyond limit.

تقولُ هذا عقيدُ الملك منتسباً

في آل كسرى عليه التاجُ معقودا

You would say this is the chieftain's necklace attributed

To the house of Chosroes on which the crown is fastened.

أو فارسٌ شدَّ مِهْمازَيْهِ حين رأى

لواءَ قائِدهِ للحربِ معقودا

Or a knight who tightened his reins when he saw

The banner of his leader fastened for battle.

مذكراً بابنه العنقود حين حكت

له الثريا قبيل الصبح عنقودا

Reminding of his son, the cluster, when

The Pleiades told him of the cluster before dawn.