ورُبَّ حَديقَةٍ بَرَزَتْ عَروساً

فَتَوَّجَها وطَوَّقها الغَمامُ

Many a garden arose in bridal finery

To be crowned and begirt by the clouds,

يُشَقُّ بِجَدْوَلٍ فيها غَديرٌ

كَما يُنْضَى عَلى دِرْعٍ حُسامُ

While through it a streamlet flows

As a sword flashes through a coat of mail.