وجَنَّةٍ بالطِيبِ موصوفةٍ

وجَنَّةٍ بالطِيبِ موصوفةٍ

مَوشِيَّةِ الأرجَاءِ منسوجَهْ

مَوشِيَّةِ الأرجَاءِ منسوجَهْ

And a garden described as fragrant,

A garden perfumed with sweet scent

Embroidered at its edges and woven,

Its corners embroidered

كأنَّما أزهارُ أشجارِهَا

كأنَّما أزهارُ أشجارِهَا

وَشْيٌ على حَسناءَ مغنوجَهْ

وَشْيٌ على حَسناءَ مغنوجَهْ

As though the blossoms of its trees

As if its tree flowers

Were embroidery upon a coquettish beauty.

Are braids on a beautiful maiden

يَشُقُّها في وَسْطِها جَدْولٌ

يَشُقُّها في وَسْطِها جَدْولٌ

مياهُهُ العَذْبَةُ مثلوجَهْ

مياهُهُ العَذْبَةُ مثلوجَهْ

A stream cuts through its middle;

A stream cuts through its middle

Its sweet waters are ice-cold.

Its fresh waters frozen

له سَواقٍ طفحَتْ والتوَتْ

له سَواقٍ طفحَتْ والتوَتْ

تلوّيَ الحيَّةِ مشجوجَهْ

تلوّيَ الحيَّةِ مشجوجَهْ

It has channels that overflowed and twisted

It has channels that overflowed and twisted

Like the writhing of a snake with a gashed head.

Like the coils of a serpent

فهي رماحٌ أُشْرِعَتْ نحوَها

فهي رماحٌ أُشْرِعَتْ نحوَها

تطعنُها سُلْكَى ومخلوجَهْ

تطعنُها سُلْكَى ومخلوجَهْ

So they are spears leveled toward it,

So they are spears unfurled towards it

Piercing it straight on and obliquely.

Stabbing it like an unsheathed sword