فكأنما هي روضة قد جادها

فكأنما هي روضة قد جادها

من عارض البكر الغمام الصيب

من عارض البكر الغمام الصيب

And so it is as though it were a garden abundantly watered

As though it were a garden watered

By pouring rain-clouds from the morning cloudbank.

By the early-morning raincloud's downpour.

فتفتح النوار في ساحاتها

فتفتح النوار في ساحاتها

فمدبج ومفضّض ومذهّب

فمدبج ومفضّض ومذهّب

Then blossoms opened in its courtyards:

So blossoms opened in its squares,

Some brocaded, some silvered, and some gilded.

Colored, embroidered, gilded o'er.