1. أَحُسُّ المُدامَةَ وَالنَسيمُ عَليلُ

    وَالظِلُّ خَفّاقُ الرِواقِ ظَليلُ

    I sip the wine while the breeze is languid,

    And the shade is deep, its canopy fluttering.

  2. وَالنورُ طَرفٌ قَد تَنَبَّهَ دامِعٌ

    وَالماءُ مُبتَسِمٌ يَروقُ صَقيلُ

    And the blossom is an eye, awakened and tearful,

    And the water smiles, delighting the eye, polished bright.

  3. وَتَطَلَّعَت مِن بَرقِ كُلِّ غَمامَةٍ

    في كُلِّ أُفقٍ رايَةٌ وَرَعيلُ

    And from each cloud’s lightning there appeared

    On every horizon a banner and a troop,

  4. حَتّى تَهادى كُلُّ خوطَةِ أَيكَةٍ

    رَيّا وَغَصَّت تَلعَةٌ وَمَسيلُ

    Until each tender bough of the grove swayed,

    Sated with water, and ravine and watercourse brimmed.

  5. عَطَفَ الأَراكَةَ فَاِنثَنى شُكراً لَهُ

    طَرَباً وَرَجَّعَ في الغُصونِ هَديلُ

    It bent the arak tree, which bowed in thanks to it,

    In rapture, while cooing echoed through the branches.

  6. فَالرَوضُ مُهتَزُّ المَعاطِفِ نَغمَةً

    نَشوانُ يَعطِفُهُ الصَبا فَيَميلُ

    So the garden sways its flanks to a melody,

    Intoxicated; the east wind bends it, and it leans.

  7. رَيّانُ فَضَّضَهُ النَدى ثُمَّ اِنجَلى

    عَنهُ فَذَهَّبَ صَفحَتَيهِ أَصيلُ

    Well-watered, it was silvered by the dew, which then lifted

    From it, and late-afternoon light gilded both its sides.

  8. وَاِرتَدَّ يَنظُرُ في نِقابِ غَمامَةٍ

    طَرفٌ يُمَرِّضُهُ النُعاسُ كَليلُ

    And through a cloud’s veil there gazed again

    An eye, weary, made languid by drowsiness,

  9. ساجٍ كَما يَرنو إِلى عُوّادِهِ

    شاكٍ وَيَلتَمِحُ العَزيزَ ذَليلُ

    Still, as toward his visitors gazes

    An ailing man, and a lowly man glimpses the mighty.