1. النَبتُ بَينَ مَفَضَّضٍ وَمُذَهَّبِ

    وَالغَيمُ بَينَ مُشَمِّرٍ وَمُطَنَّبِ

    The plants—some silvered, some gilded;

    And the clouds—some gathered up, some spread wide;

  2. وَالماءُ بَينَ مَخَوَّدٍ وَمَجوشَنٍ

    وَالقُضبُ بَينَ مُكَوَّرٍ وَمُعَصَّبِ

    And the water—some helmeted, some clad in armor;

    And the boughs—some turbaned, some bound with headbands.

  3. وَكأَنَّ ريحَ الراحِ في إِبريقِها

    نَدٌّ تَضَوَّعَ مِن جَوانِبِ مِشجَبِ

    And it is as though the scent of wine within its ewer

    Were incense wafting from the sides of a clothes stand.

  4. فَاِجلُ الظَلامَ مِنَ الأَسى بِسِراجِها

    فَالأَرضِ قَد وَقَدَت سِراجَ القُطرُبِ

    So dispel sorrow's darkness with its lamp,

    For the earth has kindled the ghoul's lamp.