كأنَّما النَّيْلوفَرُ الغَضُّ إذ

كأنَّما النَّيْلوفَرُ الغَضُّ إذ

يَبدو لَنا من مائهِ الغَمْرِ

يَبدو لَنا من مائهِ الغَمْرِ

It is as though the tender water lily, when

As if the tender blue water lilies

it appears to us from its deep waters,

When they appear to us from their water depths

وإذْ يُراعي طلعَةَ الشَّمسِ كي

وإذْ يُراعي طلعَةَ الشَّمسِ كي

يفتحَ أحداقاً من التِّبْرِ

يفتحَ أحداقاً من التِّبْرِ

and when it watches the sun’s rising, so as

And when they regard the rising of the sun so that

to open eyes of gold,

They open their eyelids made of amber

بلقيسُ في صَرْحِ قواريرِها

بلقيسُ في صَرْحِ قواريرِها

واقِفةً في الحُللِ الخُضْرِ

واقِفةً في الحُللِ الخُضْرِ

were Bilqis in her palace of glass,

Bilqis in her palace of glass

standing in green robes,

Standing in her green garments

تُراقِبُ الشَّمسَ ومن دينِها

تُراقِبُ الشَّمسَ ومن دينِها

أنَّ لَها الخَلْقَ معَ الأمرِ

أنَّ لَها الخَلْقَ معَ الأمرِ

watching the sun, and holding as her creed

Observes the sun, and of her religion

that creation and command belong to it.

Is that to it belong the creation and the command