بادِرْHasten بعيشِكَwith your life فالنعيمُfor bliss مخيّمencamped
بادِرْ بعيشِكَ فالنعيمُ مخيّم
وملاءةُand the mantle of البستانthe garden فيin تفويفstriped patterning
وملاءةُ البستان في تفويف
Hasten to enjoy your life, for bliss has pitched its tent,
Seize your life, for bliss camps
And the garden’s mantle is striped.
And the garden's robes in wavering
والطيرand the birds مُغْتَرِدٌwarbling عليهover it يشوقُهmakes it yearn
والطير مُغْتَرِدٌ عليه يشوقُه
جَيَدٌgraceful length of neck بأعناقِin the necks of الغصونthe boughs الهيفِthe slender ones
جَيَدٌ بأعناقِ الغصون الهيفِ
And the birds warble over it, stirred to longing by
The birds longing for it migrate
The graceful length of the slender boughs’ necks.
Fine necks of pliant boughs
تصغيlistens intently لهto it أذُنُthe ear of الطروبِthe rapturous one فينثنيand then he turns
تصغي له أذُنُ الطروبِ فينثني
والشوقُand longing مِلْءfilling فؤادِهhis heart المشغوفِlove-stricken
والشوقُ مِلْء فؤادِه المشغوفِ
The rapt listener’s ear attends to it, and he turns,
The ear of happiness hearkens to it and it sways
With longing filling his love-stricken heart.
And yearning fills its enamoured heart
Sol 6.1