وَرِيَاضٍ عَلَّمَتْ جَيْشَ النُّوَارْ

وَرِيَاضٍ عَلَّمَتْ جَيْشَ النُّوَارْ

وَوَشَتْ أَسْرَارَهَا غِبَّ الْقِطَارْ

وَوَشَتْ أَسْرَارَهَا غِبَّ الْقِطَارْ

And gardens emblazoned the army of blossoms,

Gardens taught the army of dew,

And gardens that marshaled an army of blossoms,

And revealed their secrets after the rains;

And adorned its secrets for the absent trains.

And revealed their secrets after the pouring rain,

وَبَدَا نُعْمَانُهَا يَوْمَ النَّدَى

وَبَدَا نُعْمَانُهَا يَوْمَ النَّدَى

يَزْدَهِي فِي حُلَّةٍ ذَاتِ احْمِرَارْ

يَزْدَهِي فِي حُلَّةٍ ذَاتِ احْمِرَارْ

And their Nu'man-flower appeared on the day of dew,

Its prosperity appeared on the day of mist,

And its anemones emerged on the day of dew,

Resplendent in a robe of red.

Blossoming in a red attire.

Flourishing proudly in a garment of red.

قُلْتُ لَمَّا صَدَّ عَنْ إِتْيَانِهِ

قُلْتُ لَمَّا صَدَّ عَنْ إِتْيَانِهِ

حَابِسٌ يَكْنُفُهُ مَاءٌ وَنَارْ

حَابِسٌ يَكْنُفُهُ مَاءٌ وَنَارْ

I said, when I was kept from coming to him

I said, when a barrier prevented its coming -

I said, when his arrival was hindered

By a barrier encircled by water and fire,

Water and fire enclosing it.

By a captor enveloped in water and fire,

وَالرُّبَى تُذْكِي مَجَامِيرَ الشَّذَا

وَالرُّبَى تُذْكِي مَجَامِيرَ الشَّذَا

وَالصَّبَا تَرْوِي أَحَادِيثَ الْعَرَارْ

وَالصَّبَا تَرْوِي أَحَادِيثَ الْعَرَارْ

And the hills kindled the censers of fragrance,

And the meadow kindled the embers of passion,

While the hills kindled their censers of fragrance,

And the east wind recounted the tales of 'arar:

And the breeze narrated the tales of the cotter.

And the east wind recounted tales of the 'arar blooms,

يَا نَسِيمَ الرَّوْضِ إِنْ جِئْتَ الرًّبَى

يَا نَسِيمَ الرَّوْضِ إِنْ جِئْتَ الرًّبَى

عَاطِرَ الأَذْيَالِ مُخْضَرَّ الإِزَارْ

عَاطِرَ الأَذْيَالِ مُخْضَرَّ الإِزَارْ

O garden breeze, if you come to the hills,

O breeze of the garden, if you come to the meadow

O breeze of the garden, if you reach the hills,

With fragrant hems and a green waist-wrap,

Fragrant-tailed, green-belted.

With fragrant skirts and a mantle of green,

أَبْلِغِ النُّعْمَانَ عَنِّي مَأْلُكَا

أَبْلِغِ النُّعْمَانَ عَنِّي مَأْلُكَا

إِنَّهُ قَدْ طَالَ حَبْسِي وَانْتِظَارْ

إِنَّهُ قَدْ طَالَ حَبْسِي وَانْتِظَارْ

Convey a message from me to Nu'man:

Convey to the prosperity from me a message -

Deliver a message from me to Nu'man:

Indeed, my confinement and waiting have grown long.

That my imprisonment and waiting have been long.

That my confinement and waiting have grown far too long.