1. حبذا يوم أحمد

    بين روضٍ منجَّدِ

    How lovely is Ahmad's day,

    amid a richly adorned garden,

  2. وخليجٍ مزرَّدِ

    ونبيذٍ مُورَّد

    and a stream clad in chain mail,

    and rose-tinted wine,

  3. وحمامٍ مغرِّدِ

    كلنا باسط اليد

    and singing doves!

    Each of us stretches out a hand

  4. نحو نيلوفرٍ ندِ

    كدنانيرِ عسجد

    toward dewy water lilies,

    like dinars of pure gold,

  5. نصفها من زبرجدِ

    half of them made of chrysolite.