كَأنَّ الثريا وَالقَنَادِيلُ حَوْلَهَا

كَأنَّ الثريا وَالقَنَادِيلُ حَوْلَهَا

لَدَى جامعٍ بادي الجمال مُعَظَّمِ

لَدَى جامعٍ بادي الجمال مُعَظَّمِ

As though the chandelier and the lamps around it,

As if the chandeliers and lamps around it

in a revered mosque of evident beauty,

Were, by a manifestly beautiful mosque, magnified,

رياضٌ رَنَتْ أحْداقُ آرامِ زَهْرِهَا

رياضٌ رَنَتْ أحْداقُ آرامِ زَهْرِهَا

لِغِيدِ بعرش الياسمينِ المنظَّمِ

لِغِيدِ بعرش الياسمينِ المنظَّمِ

were gardens, the eyes of their blossom-gazelles gazing

Gardens whose bright-eyed plants loudly sung

at graceful maidens in a bower of neatly arranged jasmine.

For the jasmine throne's well-ordered glory.