1. وروضةٍ مشرقةٍ

    بكل نورٍ مجتني

    And a radiant garden,

    with every blossom ripe for picking.

  2. فيها بهارٌ باهرٌ

    ونرجس يشكو الضنى

    In it are dazzling oxeye flowers,

    and narcissus lamenting its wasting sickness.

  3. وياسمين أرضه

    ونوره تلونا

    And jasmine—its ground

    and its blossoms have taken on colors:

  4. كالليل مخضرّاً ول

    كن بالنجوم زينا

    like the night, green, but

    adorned with stars.

  5. فاجتن ورداً وارداً

    وسوسناً ملسنا

    So pluck roses coming forth,

    and tongue-shaped irises.

  6. وحوله نيلوفرٌ

    فتنةٌ رانٍ إن رنا

    And around it are water lilies—

    a spell upon the beholder, should he gaze.

  7. تخاله مضارباً

    من المها تروقنا

    You would take them for pavilions

    of white crystal, delighting us.

  8. والأس آسٍ كاسمه

    بنوره قد حسنا

    And myrtle is a healer, true to its name;

    with its blossoms it has grown lovely.

  9. تنويره جواهرٌ

    من غير بحرٍ تقتني

    Its blossoms are jewels

    which you acquire, though not from a sea.

  10. وحبه من سبحٍ

    أو سندس قد لونا

    And its berries are made of beads,

    or fine silk that has been dyed.

  11. وقد با فيها البنف

    سج الندي الغض الجني

    And there [appeared] the violet—

    dewy, tender, ripe for picking.

  12. وأرضه مطارفٌ

    خضر أتتنا بالمنى

    And its ground is bordered cloaks,

    green, bringing us what we longed for.

  13. طابت بطيب ماجدٍ

    فاق سناءً وسنا

    It grew sweet with the fragrance of a noble man

    who excelled in eminence and radiance.

  14. ذاك ابن عبادٍ عما

    دي وسراجي في الدنيا

    That is Ibn ʿAbbād, my support

    and my lamp in this world.

  15. فهو يثير الحق وال

    عدل ويحيي السننا

    For he brings forth truth and

    justice, and revives the traditions.

  16. ونوره مسك فتي

    تٌ حسنه يفتننا

    And his radiance is powdered musk;

    its beauty enchants us.

  17. قاضٍ بنشر عدله

    طابت لنا أزمننا

    A judge: through the spread of his justice,

    our times have grown pleasant for us.

  18. لا زال يبقى ما علا

    قمريٌّ أيكٍ فننا

    May he live on, so long as there perches

    a turtledove of the grove upon a bough.