1. قَد طَرَّزتَ مُساوِرُ الكُثبانِ

    وَفُروِزَت مَطارِحُ الغُدرانِ

    The dunes’ bracelets have embroidered it,

    and the beds of the pools have set it with turquoise;

  2. وَزُعفِرَت عَصائِبُ الحَواذِنِ

    وَلَوَّنتَ عَمائِمُ الرَيحانِ

    the circlets of ḥawādhān have saffron-dyed it,

    and basil’s turbans have colored it.

  3. وَالريحُ في قَياسِرِ الغيطانِ

    تَخلُطُ خُلدِيّاً بِبَهرمانِ

    And the wind, among the Caesars of the fields,

    mixes paradise-green with Bahramān-red,

  4. فَاِشرَب عَلى مَنثورِهِ الفَتّانِ

    مِن قَبلِ تَطويهِ يَدُ الزَمانِ

    then suffuses its bewitching scatter with the blend,

    before the hand of Time folds it away.