1. وَعَشِيَّةٍ وَشَّى الأصيلُ أدِيمَهَا

    بالمِسْكِ وَالكَافُورِ وَالعِقْيَانِ

    And an evening whose skin the late afternoon embroidered

    With musk and camphor and pure gold,

  2. كخريدةٍ لَبِسَتْ غِلاَلَةَ سُنْدُسٍ

    قَدْ دُبِّجَتْ بِبَدَائِعِ الألوَانِ

    Like a maiden who donned a sheer robe of fine silk,

    Brocaded with wondrous colors.