1. كأنّ البركة الغَنَّا إذا ما

    غدَتْ بالماء مفعمةً تموجُ

    It is as though the verdant pool, whenever

    it brims with water and ripples,

  2. وقد لاح الضُّحى مِرآةُ فَيْن

    قد انصقلَت ومَقْبِضُها الخليجُ

    with morning light shining, were a mirror of Fayn [unclear reading],

    polished bright, with the canal as its handle.

  3. تُرى قمرَ الدّجى قمراً حدَاه

    طلوعاً ما له فيها بُروج

    You are shown a moon following the moon of night

    in rising, though it has no zodiacal mansions there.

  4. فلا تَعْصِ الصِّبا في لُبْس لَهْو

    فإنّ الدهر ذو شَغَبٍ لجوجُ

    So do not defy youth in donning mirth,

    for Time is quarrelsome and obstinate.