1. أَعدَدتُ مُحتَفِلا لِيَومِ فَراغي

    رَوضاً غَدا إِنسانَ عَينِ الباغي

    With great care I prepared, for my day of leisure,

    A garden that became the pupil of the seeker's eye.

  2. رَوضاً يَرُوضُ هُمُومَ قَلبي حُسنُهُ

    فيهِ لِكَأسِ اللَهوِ أيُّ مَساغِ

    A garden whose beauty tames my heart's cares—

    There, how smoothly the cup of pleasure goes down!

  3. وَإِذا بَدَت قُضبانُ رِيحانٍ بِهِ

    حَيَّت بِمِثلِ سَلاسِلِ الأَصداغِ

    And when stems of basil appear within it,

    They wave in greeting like chains of curls at the temples.