1. وَلَم أَنسَ إِذ زارَ الحَبيبُ بِرَوضَةٍ

    وَقَد غَفَلَت عَنّا وُشاةٌ وَلُوّامُ

    Nor have I forgotten when the beloved visited in a garden,

    while slanderers and reproachers were heedless of us.

  2. وَقَد فَرَشَ الوَردُ الخُدودَ وَنُشَّرَت

    لِمَقدَمِهِ لِلسَوسَنِ الغَضِّ أَعلامُ

    The roses had spread their cheeks, and unfurled

    for his arrival were the fresh irises’ banners.

  3. أَقولُ وَطَرفُ النَرجِسِ الغَضُّ شاخِصٌ

    إِلَينا وَلِلنَمّامِ حَولِيَ إِلمامُ

    I say, while the narcissus’s tender eye stares

    at us, and the tale-bearer hovers about me:

  4. أَيا رَبُّ حَتّى في الحَداقِقِ أَعيُنٍ

    عَلَينا وَحَتّى في الرَياحينِ نَمّامُ

    O Lord, even in the gardens there are eyes

    on us, and even among fragrant herbs a tale-bearer!