1. يا شجر المشمِش لا أصبحت

    مِنك رُبا البستانِ مستوحِشه

    O apricot tree, may morning never find

    the orchard’s knolls desolate without you.

  2. يا حُسْنه مِن شجر أينعت

    أغصانُه واحتملت مِشمِشه

    How lovely a tree—ripened are

    its branches, and they have borne its apricots.

  3. كأنما جمَّشه عاشق

    فاصفرَّ خوفاً منه إذ جمَّشه

    As though a lover had caressed it,

    so it turned yellow with fear of him when he caressed it.