1. إِشرَبْ على بركة نَيْلُوْفَرٍ

    مُحْمرّةِ النّوّارِ خضراءِ

    Drink beside a water-lily pond,

    Green, with crimson blossoms,

  2. كأنما أزهارُهَا أخرجتْ

    ألسنةَ النارِ من الماءِ

    As though its flowers had drawn

    Tongues of fire from the water.