اُنْظُرْLook إلَيْهاat it تَجِدْyou will find حَبَّfruit (حب الملوك: cherries) المُلوكِthe kings بِهاupon it
اُنْظُرْ إلَيْها تَجِدْ حَبَّ المُلوكِ بِها
وقدand indeed حَكىresembled نَوْرُهاits blossom المُبْيَضُّwhite حينَwhen فُتِحْit was opened
وقد حَكى نَوْرُها المُبْيَضُّ حينَ فُتِحْ
Look at it: you will find cherries upon it.
Look at it, you will find the love of kings in it
And its white blossom, when it opened, resembled
And its radiance has narrated when it was opened
قُطْناًcotton تَراكَمَpiled up فيamong الأغْصانِthe branches إذwhen قَذَفَتْcast
قُطْناً تَراكَمَ في الأغْصانِ إذ قَذَفَتْ
لَفائِفَrolls الثّلْجِthe snow فيinto أعْلاهُits uppermost part قوْسُbow قُزَحْQuzah (قوس قزح: rainbow)
لَفائِفَ الثّلْجِ في أعْلاهُ قوْسُ قُزَحْ
Cotton heaped among the branches, when there were cast
Cotton accumulated on the branches when
Rolls of snow into its crown by a rainbow.
The rainbow threw rolls of snow on its highest point