عَلِّلاَنِي بِمُطْرِبِ الأَشْعَارِ

عَلِّلاَنِي بِمُطْرِبِ الأَشْعَارِ

فَلَقَدْ جَاءَنَا زَمَانُ النُّوَارِ

فَلَقَدْ جَاءَنَا زَمَانُ النُّوَارِ

Solace me, you two, with stirring verse,

Grace me with the songster of poems

Soothe me, my two companions, with enchanting poems,

for the season of blossoms has indeed come to us.

For the era of splendor has come upon us

For the season of blossoms has come to us,

وَامْزِجَاهُ بِغُنَّةٍ تُنْعِشُ الْفِكْ

وَامْزِجَاهُ بِغُنَّةٍ تُنْعِشُ الْفِكْ

رَ فُدِيتُمْ مِنْ سَائِرِ الأَغْيَارِ

رَ فُدِيتُمْ مِنْ سَائِرِ الأَغْيَارِ

And blend it with a resonant hum that revives

And blend it with a melody that revives the soul

And blend it with a melody that revives the mind—

the mind—may all others be your ransom.

I ransomed you from all strangers

May my life be your ransom from all strangers.

بَيْنَ وَرْدٍ وَسَوْسَنٍ وَأَقَاحٍ

بَيْنَ وَرْدٍ وَسَوْسَنٍ وَأَقَاحٍ

وَشَقِيقٍ وَنَرْجِسٍ وَبَهَارِ

وَشَقِيقٍ وَنَرْجِسٍ وَبَهَارِ

Amid roses, irises, and daisies,

Among roses, lilies, thorns

Amidst roses, lilies, and chamomiles,

and anemones, narcissi, and oxeyes,

And anemones, narcissi, and spring flowers

And anemones, narcissus, and spring blooms.

نَغْتَنِمُ بُرْهَةً صَفَاءَ لَيَالٍ

نَغْتَنِمُ بُرْهَةً صَفَاءَ لَيَالٍ

عَنْ قَرِيبٍ نَمْضِي إِلَى غَفَّارِ

عَنْ قَرِيبٍ نَمْضِي إِلَى غَفَّارِ

we seize a brief spell of the nights' serenity;

We seize a moment of clear nights’ serenity

Let us seize a brief moment of the nights' serenity,

soon we shall depart to the Oft-Forgiving.

Soon we will pass on to the Forgiving

For soon we shall depart to the All-Forgiving.