1. ولم نر بحراً جرى بالعقار

    ولا ذهباً صيغ منه جبل

    And we had never seen a sea flowing with wine,

    Nor gold from which a mountain was fashioned,

  2. إلى أن جرت دجله في الشعاع

    وطنب بالنور اعلى القلل

    Until the Tigris flowed amid the radiance,

    And the highest peaks were canopied with light

  3. سحاب الدخان ويرقى الشرار

    ورعد الملاهي وغيث الجذل

    By a cloud of smoke, while sparks rose,

    And thunder of music, and showers of joy.

  4. وما زال يعلو عجاج الدخا

    ن حتى تلوّن منه زحل

    And the billowing cloud of smoke kept rising,

    Until Saturn was tinged by it.

  5. فكنا نرى الموج من فضة

    فذهبه النور حتى اشتعل

    So we saw the waves as silver,

    Then the light gilded them until they blazed,

  6. شراراً يحاكي انقضاض النجوم

    وبرقاً كايماض بيض تسل

    In sparks mimicking the plunge of stars,

    And lightning like the flash of white swords unsheathed.