قَد نَشَرَ الزَنبَقُ أَعلامَهُ

قَد نَشَرَ الزَنبَقُ أَعلامَهُ

وَقالَ كُلُّ الزَهرِ في خِدمَتي

وَقالَ كُلُّ الزَهرِ في خِدمَتي

The lily has unfurled his banners,

The lily has unfurled its banners

And said, “All the flowers are in my service.

And said, all flowers are in my service

لَو لَم أَكُن في الحُسنِ سُلطانَه

لَو لَم أَكُن في الحُسنِ سُلطانَه

ما رُفِعَت مِن دونِهِم رايَتي

ما رُفِعَت مِن دونِهِم رايَتي

Were I not their sovereign in beauty,

Had I no sovereignty in beauty

My banner would not have been raised in preference to theirs.”

My flag would not be raised above theirs

فَقَهقَهَ الوَردُ بِهِ هازِئاً

فَقَهقَهَ الوَردُ بِهِ هازِئاً

وَقالَ ما تَحذَرُ مِن سَطوَتي

وَقالَ ما تَحذَرُ مِن سَطوَتي

Then the rose laughed aloud at him in mockery,

The rose then laughed at it mockingly

And said, “Do you not fear my might?”

And said, why do you fear my might?

وَقالَ لِلسَوسَنِ ماذا الَّذي

وَقالَ لِلسَوسَنِ ماذا الَّذي

يَقولُهُ الأَشيَبُ في حَضرَتي

يَقولُهُ الأَشيَبُ في حَضرَتي

And said to the iris, “What is it that

It said to the lily, what is this

The gray-haired one says in my presence?”

That the old man says in my presence?

وَاِمتَعَضَ الزَنبَقُ في قَولِهِ

وَاِمتَعَضَ الزَنبَقُ في قَولِهِ

وَقالَ لِلأَزهارِ يا عُصبَتي

وَقالَ لِلأَزهارِ يا عُصبَتي

And the lily took offense at his words,

The lily was offended by its words

And said to the flowers, “O my band!”

And said to the flowers, O my comrades