1. كِسْرَى الأقَاحْ أكْسَى نَجَاشِي الأدْوَاحْ

    قُبْطِيَّةَ الفِضهْ وَتَاجْ الْعَسْجَدْ

    The Kisra of daisies clothed the Najashi of the great trees

    in a silver Coptic linen robe and a crown of gold.

  2. وَأيْدِي الربيعْ تَحْرِقْ بِنَارِ النَّوْفَرْ

    فِي مَجْمَرِ النُّعْمَانْ طَوَابِعْ مِنْ نَدْ

    And spring's hands burn, with the water lily's fire,

    in the anemone's censer, tablets of fragrant incense.

  3. كفُّ الربِيعْ تنسجْ عَلَى نُولْ الدُّوحْ

    فِي قَاعَةِ الروضه حُلَلْ من أزْهَارْ

    Spring's hand weaves on the loom of the great trees,

    in the garden's hall, robes of flowers.

  4. والطلّ كَلَّلْ قُعَالاَتْ اليَاسمينْ

    وأيدي النسيمْ تَرْقُمْ طِرَازْ الأنْهَارْ

    And the dew crowned jasmine's caps,

    and the breeze's hands embroider the rivers' borders.

  5. وَالقُمْرِي جَالسْ في مراتبْ الأغْصَانْ

    والقَطْر يَفْرِشْلُو زَرَابِي النَّوَّارْ

    And the turtledove sits on the boughs' cushions,

    and the rain spreads carpets of blossoms for him.

  6. وَالغصنْ عَطْفُو جَرّ ذَيْل الأوْرَاقْ

    والرَوْضْ يلبسْ وَالغَدِير تْجَرَّدْ

    And the branch's flank trailed a train of leaves;

    and the garden dresses, and the pool has stripped bare.

  7. وَالزَّهرْ عُمِّمْ وَالشَّقِيقْ اطِيلِسْ

    وَالوَردْ كُمِّمْ وَالأقَاحْ اتْقَلَّدْ

    And the blossoms were given turbans, and the anemones donned mantles;

    and the roses were given sleeves, and the daisies donned necklaces.

  8. فِي رَوْضَةِ الآفَاقْ تَرَى الزُّهرْ أزْهَارْ

    والبلده خضْره وَالدّجِنَّهْ بستانْ

    In the garden of the horizons, you see the bright stars as flowers.

    And Al-Baldah is greenery, and the darkness a garden;

  9. والصرفه ياسمين والعريش العيُّوقْ

    والفرع نرجس والتُّرنجْ النعمان

    and Al-Sarfah is jasmine, and the arbor Al-Ayyuq.

    And Al-Far' is narcissus, and the citron Al-Nu'man;

  10. والنطح سوسن والزبَانَا رَيْحَانْ

    والقطب قُمْرِي والسِّمَاكْ الْبَانْ

    and Al-Nath is an iris, and Al-Zubana basil.

    And the celestial pole is a turtledove, and Al-Simak the ban tree;

  11. والجديْ نَوَّرْ وَالغمائم تنبتْ

    والثور طعَّمْ والمُقَاتِلْ عَنْقَدْ

    and Al-Jady blossomed, and the clouds sprout.

    And Taurus grafted, and Al-Muqatil formed grape clusters;

  12. والهَقْعَة جَالِسَهْ والمَجرّه مَمْشَى

    والجوزا تفتحْ والثريا تعقدْ

    and Al-Haq'ah is seated, and the Milky Way a walkway.

    And Al-Jawza blooms, and the Pleiades set fruit.

  13. للقُطْب أطفالْ فِي مَكَاتِبْ الأدْوَاحْ

    والقَمَرْ مُؤَدّبْهَا الذِي عَلِّمْهَا

    The celestial pole has children in the great trees' schools,

    and the moon is their tutor, the one who taught them.

  14. والسُّحْب خَطَّتْ فِي صَحَائِفْ الأوْرَاقْ

    بْأقْلاَمْ مَطَرْ بَارِي النِّسَمْ قَوَّمْهَا

    And the clouds wrote on the pages of leaves,

    with pens of rain that the Creator of souls straightened.

  15. وَالطَّلْ قَدْ أهْمَلْ حُرُوفْ الأزْهَارْ

    والغصنْ بِالأثْمَارْ نَقَّطْ مُعْجَمْهَا

    And the dew has left the flowers' letters undotted,

    and the branch, with fruit, dotted their letters that take dots.

  16. وَالقَمَرْ هَلَّلْ وَالغَسَقْ كَبَّرْ

    والنهرْ كَتَبْ وَالنَّسِيمْ جَوَّدْ

    And the moon proclaimed 'There is no god but God,' and dusk proclaimed 'God is greatest.'

    And the river wrote, and the breeze recited with perfect intonation.

  17. وَالعَنْدَلِيبْ يَخْتِمْ تَبَارَكْ مَا أحْلاَه

    حينَ قامْ على كُرْسي قَضيبُو وَأنْشَدْ

    And the nightingale completes 'Tabaraka'—how sweet he is!

    When he stood upon his twig's seat and sang:

  18. زَوْرَقْ هِلاَلْ بَحْر الدّجِنَّه أرْسَى

    والأفقْ مِينَا والمَرَاسِي الدبْرَانِ

    The crescent-skiff anchored in the sea of darkness;

    and the horizon is a harbor, and the anchors are Aldebaran.

  19. والبلده فرشه والحمل بِيتْ إمْرَهْ

    والطرف طلبه والنعائم سلطان

    And Al-Baldah is the bedding, and Aries the command cabin;

    and Al-Tarf is the students, and Al-Na'a'im the sultan.

  20. والنطحْ تابوتْ والثريَّا لولبْ

    والقطبْ صَارِي والقلاَعْ السَّرَطَانْ

    And Al-Nath is the chest, and the Pleiades the screw;

    and the celestial pole is the mast, and the sails are Cancer.

  21. والقلب قلفط والزبانا شَحَّمْ

    والفرع حَصَّلْ والمقاتلْ قَلَّدْ

    And Al-Qalb caulked, and Al-Zubana greased;

    and Al-Far' hauled in, and Al-Muqatil rigged.

  22. والجدي مسَّكْ والسمايه دفَّهْ

    والحوت مقذفْ والريح حَدَّدْ

    And Al-Jady made fast, and the sky is the rudder;

    and Pisces is the oar, and the wind sharpened it.