1. إن نام أيار عن ورد وعدت به

    فهل أنال حقوقي من حزيران

    If May has slept, heedless of the roses I was promised,

    Will I then receive my due from June?

  2. إن الورود معان ليس يعرفها

    غلا محب وإلا قلب فتان

    Indeed, roses are meanings none can know

    Except a lover, or an enchanting heart.

  3. تناوب العطر والألوان أمثلة

    من النشيد لإحساسي ووجداني

    The alternation of fragrance and colors offers forms

    Of song for my senses and my feelings.

  4. وما غنيت وحولي من موائدها

    غنم ومن خمرها ريّ لظمآن

    Yet I have not sung, though around me, from their tables,

    There is bounty, and from their wine, refreshment for the thirsty.

  5. أشمها إذ أراها شعر آلهة

    والعطر كالشعر في استهواء إنسان

    I breathe their scent, for I see them as the poetry of gods,

    And fragrance, like poetry, holds a person spellbound.

  6. عرائس الزهر فاقت في منافسة

    عرائس الناس في حسن وألوان

    The brides of blossoms have surpassed, in rivalry,

    Human brides in beauty and colors.

  7. أحنو عليها كأني عاشق وأب

    أو أنها خلقت من قلب الحاني

    I cherish them, as though I were a lover and a father,

    Or as though they were created from the tender one's heart.