بَرٌّ وبحر جَفاه الوحشُ والسَّمَكُ

معنى الجِنانِ به والنارِ مشتَرَكُ

A land and a sea, shunned by beast and fish,

Where the meanings of gardens and fire are joined.

لا يَطرُق القَمَران الدهرَ ساحتَه

بلِ البدورُ به والشمس والفَلك

Neither of the two luminaries ever enters its courtyard;

Rather, within it are full moons, the sun, and the celestial sphere.

يكسو المقيم به ذلا ومكرمة

فيستوي فيهما السَّفْسافُ والملك

It clothes whoever stays there in abasement and honor,

So in both the lowly man and the king are equal.

سماؤه الأرضُ ذات الزهر مونقةً

والأرض فيه سماءٌ ما لها حُبُك

Its heaven is the flower-bearing earth, radiant,

And its earth is a sky without woven courses.

يَلْقاك من بابه عمرو وعنترةٌ

فيَسْلبانك ما تحوي وتمتلك

At its door you encounter ʿAmr and ʿAntarah,

And they strip you of all you carry and possess.