1. تحت الغصون جداول

    وعلى الغصون عنادل

    Beneath the boughs are streams.

    And upon the boughs are nightingales.

  2. والايك في ثوب من

    الاوراق غض رافل

    And the grove, in a robe of

    leaves, is fresh and luxuriantly clothed.

  3. والبان من هز النسيم

    لعطفه متمايل

    And the bān tree, as the breeze shakes

    its side, sways to and fro.

  4. والكرم قد مدّت له

    حول الاراك حبائل

    And for the grapevine, cords have been stretched

    around the arāk trees.

  5. والروض ريان سقا

    ه المستهل الوابل

    And the garden is lush, watered

    by the pouring, torrential rain.

  6. والزهر ينظر باسماً

    والعندليب يغازل

    And the blossoms gaze, smiling,

    and the nightingale flirts.

  7. وعلى الازاهير الفرا

    ش يطوف ثم يزايل

    And over the blossoms the butterfly

    flutters about, then departs.

  8. والاقحوان كأنه

    للثم ثغر راتل

    And the chrysanthemum seems like

    a mouth with well-set teeth, meant for kisses.

  9. والنرجس الوسنان عن

    غمز البلابل غافل

    And the drowsy narcissus is oblivious

    to the bulbuls' winks.

  10. والورد للصيداح بعد

    الوعد منه يماطل

    And the rose, after promising the songbird,

    keeps putting it off.

  11. ولا لفها الورقاء في

    فنن البشام تساجل

    And the gray dove, with her mate,

    exchanges calls on a balsam branch.

  12. وقنابر الروض الاريض

    صواعد ونوازل

    And the larks of the lush garden

    rise and descend.

  13. ولكل عصفور من

    الانغام ما هو باذل

    And every sparrow has

    melodies to offer.

  14. هل ما تقول الطير في

    الاغرود وحي نازل

    Is what the birds say in

    their song a revelation sent down?

  15. وكأنما القدّاح من

    ايدي الحسان انامل

    And it is as though the orange blossoms were

    fingertips from the hands of fair women.

  16. وكأنما جيد البنفسج

    من نعاس مائل

    And it is as though the violet's neck

    were bent with drowsiness.

  17. وكأنما النسرين للشحرور

    خل واصل

    And it is as though the wild rose were to the blackbird

    a lover who draws close.

  18. وكأنما للعرس انوار

    الشقيق مشاعل

    And it is as though, for the wedding, the blossoms

    of the anemones were torches.

  19. وكأنما الصفصاف سيف

    قد جلاه الصاقل

    And it is as though the willow were a sword

    that the polisher had burnished.

  20. وكأنما اللبلاب ملتفاً

    عليه حمائل

    And it is as though the ivy, twined

    around it, were sword-belts.

  21. وكأنما الامواج فو

    ق الرافدين سلاسل

    And it is as though the waves upon

    the Two Rivers were chains.

  22. وكأنما في العدوتين

    الباسقات هياكل

    And it is as though, on the two banks,

    the towering trees were temples.

  23. في كل ارض روضة

    وازاهر وخمائل

    In every land is a garden,

    and blossoms and thickets.

  24. حسن الربيع وورده

    في كل عين ماثل

    The beauty of spring and its roses

    is manifest to every eye.

  25. حيّ الربيع فانه

    فصل الحياة الفاصل

    Hail spring, for it is

    the defining season of life.

  26. طابت كما نهوى عشيات

    به واصائل

    The evenings are pleasant, as we wish,

    in spring, and the late afternoons too.

  27. وترى الاشعة فيهما

    فتقول تبر سائل

    And you see the rays in both,

    so you say: "Liquid gold!"

  28. انعم بدنيا كلها

    حتى تعيش وسائل

    Take delight in a world whose every part

    is a means for you to live.

  29. والبحر اما كان رهوا

    لم يخفه الواغل

    And the sea, if it is calm,

    is not feared by one who ventures in.