أسَوْسَنَةٌis it an iris? أمْor عَيْبَةa case لِسِلاحِfor arms
أسَوْسَنَةٌ أمْ عَيْبَة لِسِلاحِ
بَدَاappeared كبُنُودٍlike banners وَسْطَهاin its midst ورِمَاحِand spears
بَدَا كبُنُودٍ وَسْطَها ورِمَاحِ
Is it an iris, or a case for arms
That appear within it like banners and spears?
خَلاexcept أنّهاthat it فيin الرّوْضِthe garden منfrom صَنعةِthe handiwork of الحَياrain
خَلا أنّها في الرّوْضِ من صَنعةِ الحَيا
لِلَهْوِfor play مَراحٍmerriment لاnot لحَرِّfor the heat of كِفاحِcombat
لِلَهْوِ مَراحٍ لا لحَرِّ كِفاحِ
Except that, in the garden, it is the handiwork of rain,
For merry play, not for the heat of combat.