1. حَيَّاكَ ثَغْرُ الحَيَا النَّظِيمْ

    فِي رَوْضَةٍ وَجْهُهَا وَسِيمْ

    The rain's pearl-strung smile greeted you

    In a garden whose face is fair.

  2. صَحَّتْ بِهَا القضبُ فِي التَثَنِّي

    فَاعْتَلَّ فِي وَجْهِهَا النَّسِيمْ

    The boughs there were hale as they swayed,

    So the breeze fell ill before its face.

  3. وَقَامَ فِي أيْكِهَا خَطِيبٌ

    عِنْدِي لَهُ المُقْعِدُ المُقِيمْ

    And a preacher rose within its grove;

    I have for him what makes him sit and stand.