1. رَزَقَ اللَهُ أَهلَ باريسَ خَيراً

    وَأَرى العَقلَ خَيرَ ما رُزِقوهُ

    God has granted goodness to the people of Paris,

    and I deem reason the best of what they were granted.

  2. عِندَهُم لِلثِمارِ وَالزَهرِ مِمّا

    تُنجِبُ الأَرضُ مَعرِضٌ نَسَقوهُ

    They have, for the fruits and flowers that

    the earth brings forth, an exhibition they have arranged.

  3. جَنَّةٌ تَخلِبُ العُقولَ وَرَوضٌ

    تَجمَعُ العَينُ مِنهُ ما فَرَقوهُ

    A paradise that enchants minds, and a garden

    from which the eye gathers what they have scattered.

  4. مَن رَآهُ يَقولُ قَد حُرِموا الفِر

    دَوسَ لَكِن بِسِحرِهِم سَرَقوهُ

    Whoever sees it says: they were denied Para-

    dise, but with their magic they stole it.

  5. ما تَرى الكَرمَ قَد تَشاكَلَ حَتّى

    لَو رَآهُ السُقاةُ ما حَقَّقوهُ

    You cannot make out the grapevine, so transformed in shape that

    even the cupbearers, if they saw it, would not recognize it.

  6. يُسكِرُ الناظِرينَ كَرماً وَلَمّا

    تَعتَصِرهُ يَدٌ وَلا عَتَّقوهُ

    It intoxicates onlookers while still a vine, although

    no hand has yet pressed it, nor have they aged it.

  7. صَوَّروهُ كَما يَشاؤونَ حَتّى

    عَجِبَ الناسُ كَيفَ لَم يُنطِقوهُ

    They shaped it as they pleased, until

    people marveled: how had they not made it speak?

  8. يَجِدُ المُتَّقي يَدَ اللَهِ فيهِ

    وَيَقولُ الجَحودُ قَد خَلَقوهُ

    The devout person finds God's hand in it,

    and the denier says: they have created it.