ثَغْرُ الزَّمَانِ تَبَسَّمْ

ثَغْرُ الزَّمَانِ تَبَسَّمْ

مِنْ شَدْوِ طَيْرٍ تَرَنَّمْ

مِنْ شَدْوِ طَيْرٍ تَرَنَّمْ

The mouth of time smiled

The mouth of time smiled

The mouth of time smiled

From the song of a bird that warbled.

At the melody of singing birds

At the song of a warbling bird,

وَالْوَرْدُ أَبْدَى عَقِيقاً

وَالْوَرْدُ أَبْدَى عَقِيقاً

بِشَذْرِ تِبْرٍ مُعَلَّمْ

بِشَذْرِ تِبْرٍ مُعَلَّمْ

And the rose revealed carnelian,

And the rose displayed rubies

And the rose revealed its carnelian,

Adorned with flecks of gold,

Sprinkled with speckled dew

Marked with flecks of pure gold,

كَأَنَّهُ بِنَدَاهُ

كَأَنَّهُ بِنَدَاهُ

وَجْهٌ صَبِيحٌ مُلَثَّمْ

وَجْهٌ صَبِيحٌ مُلَثَّمْ

As though, with its dew, it were

As if it were, with its dew,

As though, bathed in its morning dew,

A lovely, veiled face.

A radiant veiled face

It were a radiant, veiled face.