1. حَيَّاكَ ثغرُ الحَيَا النَّظِيمُ

    فِي رَوْضَةٍ وَجْهُهَا وَسِيمُ

    The rain’s finely strung mouth greets you

    In a garden whose face is fair.

  2. صَحَّتْ بِهَا القُضْبُ في التثنِّي

    فَاعْتَلَّ فِي وَجْهِهَا النَّسِيمُ

    There the boughs were sound in their swaying,

    So the breeze fell ill upon its face.

  3. وَقَامَ فِي أيْكِهَا خَطِيبٌ

    عِنْدِي لَهُ المُقعِد المُقِيمُ

    And an orator arose within its grove;

    For him I have what makes him sit and stand.