1. صاد الزمان ورو غلة صاد

    بمدامة لم تعد مولد عاد

    Court Time, and quench a thirsty man's burning thirst

    with wine no older than the birth of ‘Ad.

  2. او ما ترى ثغر الثرى متبسماً

    لك عن مراد مونق ومراد

    Or do you not see the earth's mouth smiling

    at you, revealing a lovely pasture and a heart's desire?

  3. وبنفسج الروض الاغر كأنه

    في حسنه لعس عليه باد

    And the violet of the radiant garden seems to be,

    in its beauty, a dusky tint showing on that mouth.

  4. لابل كأجنحة الفراش تألفت

    نسقاً وقد خضبت من الفرصاد

    No, rather like butterflies' wings, gathered

    in ordered array, already dyed with mulberries.

  5. روض يظل اللحظ يعبد حسنه

    كعبادة العليا بني عباد

    A garden whose beauty the gaze keeps worshipping,

    as lofty glory worships the sons of ‘Abbad.

  6. يزهي المحافل والجحافل منهم

    أسنى عميدٍ للورى وعماد

    One of them graces assemblies and mighty armies,

    mankind's most illustrious leader and mainstay:

  7. الحاجب المحجوب طاهر عرضه

    بندى جوادٍ في الرِهان جَواد

    the veiled chamberlain, whose honor is pure

    through bounteous dew—a swift steed in the race;

  8. صلتان مازالت حداد سيوفه

    وقناه تكسو الشرك ثوب حداد

    a dauntless warrior, whose keen swords still,

    with his spears, clothe idolatry in a robe of mourning.