1. لله مَلبَسُ زينةٍ ما أسبَغَهْ

    لبست مُفوَّفَهُ الرُّبى وَمُثَمَّغَهْ

    God be praised for this robe of beauty—how ample it is!

    The hills have donned its striped and richly dyed fabric.

  2. نشوانُ من كاس الندى متأطِّرٌ

    من حيث جمَّشه النسيمُ ودغدغه

    Drunk on the cup of dew, it sways

    where the breeze has caressed and tickled it.

  3. وممرَّغ الأغصان بين ثرىً غدت

    منه على المسك السَّحيق ممرَّعه

    And its branches trail in soil that has become,

    through it, richer than finely powdered musk.

  4. ألوان زهرٍ ليس يَجهل قدرَها

    إلا امرؤٌ في الجهل اشهرُ من دُغه

    Hues of flowers, whose worth is unknown

    only to one more notorious for ignorance than Dughah.

  5. إن لم تكن فوق الفصوص فإنها

    لا شكَّ في تلك القوالب مُفَرغه

    If they do not surpass gemstones, then they are

    surely cast in those very molds.

  6. عارضتُ جوهرها بجوهر قهوةٍ

    بلغت بمختار الجواهرِ مبلغه

    I matched their gems with the gems of a wine

    that has attained the rank of the choicest jewels.

  7. من كفِّ مصبوغ الأنامل لم تزل

    ألحاظُه بدم القلوب مصبَّغه

    From the hand of one with dyed fingertips, whose

    glances have always been stained with the blood of hearts.

  8. عجباً لعقرب صُدغه وللدْغِها

    قلبي وتترك خدَّه إن تَلدَغَه

    How strange the scorpion of his temple and its stinging

    my heart, yet leaving his cheek unstung!