1. إذا أُهْدِيَ الإنسانُ ورْدَةَ جنّةٍ

    تهلّلَ منْ بعْدِ العُبوسِ مُحيّاهُ

    When a person is given a rose from a garden,

    his face lights up after frowning,

  2. وأمّلَ أن يَحْيَى لفَصْلٍ يُعيدُها

    فَكَيفَ بمَنْ في جنّةِ الأرْضِ مَثْواهُ

    and he hopes to live until a season brings it back—

    then what of one whose dwelling is in earth’s paradise?