1. انظر إلى فصل الربي

    ع كأنَّه فصل الشَّباب

    Look at the season of spring,

    as though it were the season of youth.

  2. والزَّهر مثل خلائق ال

    أصحاب من زهر الصِّحاب

    And the blossoms are like the natures of

    friends among the finest of companions.

  3. وغصون بانات اللِّوى

    كمعاطف الهيف الرِّطاب

    And the boughs of the ben trees of al-Liwā

    are like the curves of supple, slender-waisted beauties.

  4. والورد أشبه بالخدو

    د من الشِّفاه على الشَّراب

    And the roses are more like cheeks

    than lips, when wine is drunk.

  5. أوَ ما ترى حدق الحدا

    ئق كيف تغمز للتَّصابي

    And do you not see the gardens' eyes,

    how they wink, inviting youthful dalliance?

  6. وأصابع المنثور مس

    رعةً تشير إلى الرِّقاب

    And the fingers of the stock flowers hasten

    to point toward necks;

  7. وأكفَّ أوراق الغصو

    ن تظلُّ تدعو بالمتاب

    and the palms of the leaves on the boughs

    keep calling for repentance.

  8. فاعكف على روضاته

    فالورد دان إلى الذَّهاب

    So linger in its gardens—

    for the roses are close to departing—

  9. متمتِّعاً بنعيمه

    من قبل بينٍ وانتياب

    delighting in its bliss

    before parting and affliction.

  10. فجميع ما فوق التُّرا

    ب من التُّراب إلى التُّراب

    For all that is above the dust

    is from dust, and to dust returns.