بَنَيتُ فُردَوسي وَزَخرَفتُهُ

حَتّى إِذا ما تَمَّ ضَيَّعتُهُ

I built my paradise and adorned it,

Until, when it was complete, I let it go to waste.

أَجرَيتُ في أَنهارِهِ كَوثَراً

فَذاقَهُ الناس وَما ذُقتُهُ

I made the waters of Kawthar flow in its streams,

So the people tasted it, while I tasted it not.