1. وَرَوضَةٍ غَنّاءَ باكَرتُها

    وَالشَمسُ قَد جاوَزَت الحوتا

    And a luxuriant garden I visited at dawn,

    when the sun had already passed beyond Pisces.

  2. سَرَى بِرَيّاها نَسيمُ الصِبا

    يَحمِلُ نَشرَ المِسكِ مَفتوتا

    The east wind's breeze bore its fragrance by night,

    carrying the scent of powdered musk.

  3. وَفَتَحَ الزَهرُ بِها ناظِراً

    أَضحى عَلى الآفاقِ مَبهوتا

    And the blossom opened an eye there,

    which grew awestruck at the horizons;

  4. وَرَدَّ ما اِستَودَعَها تُربُها

    مِن لُؤلُؤِ القَطرِ يَواقيتا

    and returned what its soil had entrusted to it—

    pearls of rain—as rubies.