1. أُنظر لتفويف الرياض وحسنِها

    قد نَمَّقَتْهُ يَدُ السّحاب الممطِر

    Look at the gardens' patterned hues and beauty,

    adorned by the hand of the rain-bearing clouds.

  2. بُسُطٌ تَخالَف صبغُها ونسِيجُها

    ما بين أَصفَر كالعقيقِ وأخضِر

    Carpets whose coloring and weave differ,

    ranging from yellow like agate to green.

  3. يَجْمَعْن حُسْنَ المنظَر الزاهي الذي

    راقَ العيونَ إلى كريم المخبر

    They combine the beauty of the radiant sight that

    delights the eyes with a noble inner nature.

  4. فكأنّ نرجِسه عيونٌ أبرزت

    أجفانها لكنها لم تنظر

    So its narcissi seem like eyes that have bared

    their eyelids, yet have not looked.

  5. وشقائق كست الرُّبا نسجِها

    حُلَلا كتضْريج الخدود الأحمر

    And anemones clothe the hills in their weave—

    robes like the red tinting of cheeks.

  6. مُتَبَرجِّات ناعمات أكملت

    خَفَر الذليل ونخوة المتكبر

    Flaunting their beauty, delicate, they have perfected

    the humble one's modesty and the haughty one's pride.

  7. وغلائل زُرْق نشرن كأنها

    آثار تَجْميش الصدور النُضَّر

    And blue gauzy robes lie spread, as though they were

    marks of amorous pinching on blooming breasts,

  8. ما بين مَوز قد بدا كمراودٍ

    من عَسْجَد مملوءة من سُكر

    among bananas that appear like kohl-sticks

    of pure gold, filled with sugar.

  9. فاشربْ على تلك الرياضِ ونشرِها

    رَاحاً تُرِيح فؤادَ كُلِّ مفكّر

    So drink amid those gardens and their fragrance

    wine that soothes the heart of every pensive soul.

  10. فَنَدى العزيزِ وجُودُه عُوْنٌ على

    ما نَتَّقِيه من فساد الأعصر

    For al-Aziz's bounty and generosity are an aid against

    the ravages of the ages that we seek to ward off.

  11. أوَ ما تراه حاز ظَرْفَ عُطارد

    وثَباتَ بَهْرامٍ وسعدَ المشترِي

    And do you not see that he has gained Mercury's wit,

    Bahram's steadfastness, and Jupiter's good fortune?

  12. متفرّع من هاشم في ذِروة

    طابت لطيب فروعِها والعنصر

    A branch sprung from Hashim, upon a summit

    made noble by the nobility of its branches and its root.