1. يَارَوْضَةً لِلأَدَبِ الْمُجْتَنَى

    أَغْرَقَهَا الشَّامِتُ فِي حَوْضِ

    O garden of harvested literature,

    The gloater drowned it in a basin.

  2. قُلْنَا وَقَدْ بَلَّلَهَا مَاؤُهُ

    لاَ يُنكَرُ الْمَاءُ عَلَى الرَّوْضِ

    We said, its water having soaked it:

    Water on a garden is not objectionable.