1. مَا بَالُ طَفْشِيْلكَ قَدْ أُخِّرَتْ

    عَنَّا وَمَا نَعْهَدُ تَأخِيْرَا

    Why has your ṭafshīl been held back

    from us, when we are not used to delay?

  2. فَهَاتِهَا فِي حَلْيَهَا تُجْتَلَى

    كَالرَّوْضِ إِذْ صُوِّرَ تَصْوِيْرَا

    Then bring it in its finery, to be admired,

    like a garden when vividly portrayed.

  3. زَخَارِفُ الوَشْي وَأَلْوَانُهُ

    تِبْرٌ مِنَ الجَوْهَرِ مَنْثُورَا

    The embroidery's patterns and colors

    are gold dust scattered among jewels.

  4. والجَزَرُ الغَضُّ بَأَرْجَائِهَا

    يَحْكِي لَنَا فِيْهِ الدَّنَانِيْرَا

    And the tender carrots around its sides

    look to us like dinars within it.

  5. وَأَصْفَرٌ يَضْحَكُ فِي أَخْضَرٍ

    كَأَنَّمَا وَاجَهَ مَهْجُورَا

    And yellow laughs amid green,

    as though it had met someone forsaken.

  6. والبَيْضُ فِيْهَا نَرْجِسٌ تِبْرُهُ

    فِي فِضَّةٍ قُدِّرَ تَقْدِيْرَا

    And the eggs within it are narcissi, whose gold

    is precisely proportioned within silver.

  7. وَالزَّيْتُ قَدْ ضَيَّقَ أَنْفَاسَهَا

    رِيّاً وَقَدْ عَمَّ الأَبَازِيْرَا

    And the oil has stifled its breath

    by saturating it, and has suffused all the spices.

  8. خَبِيْصَةٌ صَفْرَاءُ لَكِنَّهَا

    تَحْوِي مِنَ النَّبْتِ عَقَاقِيرا

    A yellow khabīṣa, yet it

    contains medicinal ingredients from plants.