فتحopened الحبlove نورهits blossoms فحسبناand so we thought
فتح الحب نوره فحسبنا
أنthat فيin الروضthe garden قبةa dome منof شقيقanemones
أن في الروض قبة من شقيق
Love opened its blossoms, and we thought
The seeds unfolded their blossoms, so we imagined
that in the garden stood a dome of anemones.
That in the garden stood a dome of anemones,
ثمthen أجرىmade flow نوارهits flowers عنfrom سلوكthreads
ثم أجرى نواره عن سلوك
منof حريرsilk فيهاin them فصوصgems عقيقagate
من حرير فيها فصوص عقيق
Then it let its flowers flow from threads
Then it streamed its blooms along threads
of silk, with agate gems set in them.
Of silk, set with gemstones of agate.