1. وروضةٍ في هجيرِ

    وجنةٍ في سَعيرِ

    And a garden in the midday heat,

    and a paradise amid blazing fire,

  2. خصَّتْ بكل نعيمٍ

    ولذةٍ وسرورِ

    endowed with every kind of bliss,

    and pleasure and joy.

  3. منيرةٌ بشموسٍ

    مُضيئةٌ ببُدور

    Radiant with suns,

    luminous with full moons,

  4. كأنما سَقْفُها ال

    زهرُ غِبَّ يومٍ مَطير

    as though its ceiling were the

    bright stars after a rainy day.

  5. والماءُ صافٍ غزيرٌ

    كأدمُعِ المهجور

    And the water is clear and abundant,

    like the tears of the forsaken.

  6. كأنما كلُّ حوضٍ

    مودةٌ في ضمير

    As though each basin were

    affection within a heart.

  7. تكاد تُبصِر فيه ال

    قذاةَ عينُ الضرير

    Within it, almost able to discern the

    mote is the eye of a blind man.

  8. تحكى الموازيبُ منها

    صوالحَ البلور

    Its waterspouts resemble

    fine pieces of crystal.

  9. قد رُصِّعَتْ برُخامٍ

    كنقشِ بُسْط الحرير

    It has been inlaid with marble,

    like the patterning of silk carpets.

  10. نَحيْا بها ويُحيِّي ال

    نفوسَ طيبُ البخور

    We live there, and what greets the

    souls is the fragrance of incense.

  11. فما تُمَلُّ مُقاما

    على اختلافِ الدهور

    So it never grows tiresome as a place to stay,

    through the changing ages.