هل تجهلُ الأزهار أم تدري

أيّ شذا يُجنى من الزهرِ

Do flowers know, or are they aware

Of which fragrance is plucked from the blossom?

تُغري بما تتركُ من طيبها

الحسنِ ولا تعرف من تُغري

They tempt with what they leave of their scent

Beauty, unaware of who they tempt.

تترك للأجواء أنفاسَها

وللربى والمهمهِ القفر

They leave their breaths for the air

And the meadows and barren wasteland

والضوءُ هل يعرف كم مقلة

هامتَ به من أول الدهر

Does light know how many eyelids

Have languished for it since the dawn of time?

وانه الهادي ومستنزلُ

اللونِ ومجدُ الشقر والسمر

It is the guide, the colors' residence

And glory of blond and brown

وكلُّ شكلٍ نعمةٌ

من جريهِ أيانَ ما يجري

Every form is a blessing

However its course may run.

هل يعرفُ الينبوعُ كم روضة

تحيا على دفقته البكر

Does the spring know how many gardens

Live on its virgin flow?

وكم ربيعٍ راحَ من فيضهِ

يرفلُ في أوراقِهِ النُضر

And how many springs have passed from its flood

Luxuriant in their green leaves?