1. لم أنسَ موقفَ ساعة في موطنٍ

    يستوقفُ العجلانَ طيبُ عيانِهِ

    I have not forgotten an hour's halt in a place

    Whose pleasing sight brings the hasty to a stop.

  2. بقرارة الوادي بشطَّ معينِه

    بملاكِ نُزْهِته بشادِورانِهِ

    In the valley's hollow, beside its flowing water,

    At the heart of its delight, beside its cascade fountain.

  3. هجمَ النعيمُ به عليّ فجاءَةً

    فوقفت مُسْتَنداً إِلى أفنانِهِ

    Bliss rushed upon me there, suddenly,

    So I stood, leaning against its branches,

  4. مُتخضِلاً برشاشه متعجّباً

    من باردِ الكافور في غليَانِهِ

    Drenched with its spray, marveling

    At cold camphor amid its boiling.

  5. وكأنّما فليه ملاعبُ جِنَّةٍ

    فتقاذفت بالثلج من جريانِهِ

    And it was as though within it lay playgrounds for jinn,

    Who pelted one another with snow from its flow.

  6. وطغى به السَمَكُ الطموحُ لحربهِ

    فغدا يرينا الجهد في عصيانِهِ

    And the upward-striving fish rebelled within it to fight it,

    So it began showing us the effort of its defiance,

  7. يُبدي مصندلةً لنا موشيَّةً

    أرْبَتْ على التيار في لمعَانِهِ

    Revealing to us a sandalwood-hued, embroidered form

    Which surpassed the current in brilliance.

  8. خرق السلاسلِ من حبيك نَسيمهِ

    بطموحه فارفضَّ عِقْدُ جُمانِهِ

    It tore through the chains woven by its breeze,

    With its upward leap—and its necklace of pearls scattered.

  9. نَزَّهُتَ طرْفي في محاسِنِ ما ترى

    ووسَقْتُ قلبي فوقَ ما إِمكانِهِ

    You refreshed my gaze amid the beauties you see,

    And I loaded my heart beyond its capacity.