1. أَحْضَرَنَا النَّاطُورُ مِنْ بُسْتَانِهِ

    فِي طَبَقٍ يَنْطِقُ عَنْ إِحْسَانِهِ

    The orchard keeper brought us from his orchard

    on a platter that spoke of his kindness,

  2. لَوْنَاً مِنَ الرَّائِعِ فِي رُمَّانِهِ

    أَهْدَى لَهُ الجَوْهَرُ مِنْ أَلْوَانِهِ

    a splendid variety from among his pomegranates.

    Gems bestowed on it some of their colors:

  3. مَا احْمَرَّ وَاصْفَرَّ وَمِنْ مَرْجَانِهِ

    مِثْلَ نُزُولِ الجَيْشِ فِي مَيْدَانِهِ

    the red and the yellow, and some of their coral.

    Like an army encamping on its battlefield,

  4. مُذْهَبَةً فِي الْهَامِ مِنْ فُرْسَانِهِ

    شِيْبَ بِرِيْقِ الشَّهْدِ فِي أَغْصَانِهِ

    gilded upon the heads of its horsemen,

    mingled with honey's nectar on its branches,

  5. أَنْوَرُ فِي النَّاظِرِ مِنْ إِنْسَانِهِ

    more radiant in the eye than its pupil.