1. تينٌ يَزينُ رداؤُه مَخبوءه

    مُتَخَيَّرٌ في وَصفِهِ يُتَحَيَّرُ

    Figs whose robes adorn what they conceal,

    Choice fruit, whose description leaves one bewildered.

  2. عَسَلُ اللُعابِ لَدَيهِ مِمّا يُجتَوى

    وَجَنى النَخيلُ لَدَيهِ مرٌّ مُمقِرُ

    Honey-sweet saliva is loathsome beside them,

    And date-palm fruit is bitter and acrid beside them.

  3. وَكَأَنَّما هوَ في ذَري أَغصانِهِ

    قِطَعُ النضار أَدارهُنَّ مُدَوِّرُ

    And, atop their branches, they are like

    Pieces of pure gold, rounded by a turner.

  4. وَيَقولُ ذائِقُهُ لِطيبِ مَذاقِهِ

    اللَهُ أَكبَرُ وَالخَليفَةُ جَعفَرُ

    And their taster says, for their delicious flavor:

    God is greatest, and the caliph is Ja‘far!