1. كَأَنَّ السَماءَ وَقَد أَزهَرَت

    كَواكِبُها في دُجى الحِندِسِ

    As though the sky, with the blossoming

    of its stars in the gloom of pitch-black night,

  2. رِياضُ البَنَفسَجِ مَحمِّيَةً

    يُفَتَّحُ فيها جَنى النَرجِسِ

    were protected gardens of violets,

    where narcissus blossoms unfold.