للهِ مَا أَحْلى الطُّفولَةَ

للهِ مَا أَحْلى الطُّفولَةَ

إنَّها حلمُ الحياةْ

إنَّها حلمُ الحياةْ

God! How sweet childhood is!

How sweet is childhood to Allah

By God, how sweet is childhood,

Indeed, it is life's dream.

It is the dream of life

It is the very dream of life,

عهدٌ كَمَعْسولِ الرُّؤَى

عهدٌ كَمَعْسولِ الرُّؤَى

مَا بينَ أجنحَةِ السُّبَاتْ

مَا بينَ أجنحَةِ السُّبَاتْ

A time like honey-sweet dreams

An era like the diluted visions

A time like honeyed visions

Between the wings of slumber.

Between the wings of slumber

Between the wings of slumber.

ترنو إلى الدُّنيا

ترنو إلى الدُّنيا

ومَا فيها بعينٍ باسِمَهْ

ومَا فيها بعينٍ باسِمَهْ

It gazes at the world

It aspires to the world

It gazes at the world,

And what it holds, with a smiling eye.

And what is in it with a smiling eye

And all within, with smiling eye,

وتَسيرُ في عَدَواتِ وَادِيها

وتَسيرُ في عَدَواتِ وَادِيها

بنَفْسٍ حَالمهْ

بنَفْسٍ حَالمهْ

And walks along the banks of its valley

And it walks in its valleys

And walks along its valley banks

With a dreaming soul.

With a dreaming soul

With a dreaming soul.

إنَّ الطّفولةَ تهتَزُّ

إنَّ الطّفولةَ تهتَزُّ

في قَلْبِ الرَّبيعْ

في قَلْبِ الرَّبيعْ

Indeed, childhood sways

Indeed, childhood fluctuates

Indeed, childhood trembles

In the heart of spring,

In the heart of spring

In the heart of spring,

ريَّانةٌ مِنْ رَيِّقِ الأَنْداءِ

ريَّانةٌ مِنْ رَيِّقِ الأَنْداءِ

في الفَجْرِ الوَديعْ

في الفَجْرِ الوَديعْ

Quenched by the freshest dew

Watered from the saliva of intimates

Lush from the purest drops of dew

In the gentle dawn.

In the gentle dawn

In the gentle dawn.

غنَّت لها الدُّنيا

غنَّت لها الدُّنيا

أَغاني حبِّها وحُبُورِهَا

أَغاني حبِّها وحُبُورِهَا

The world sang to it

The world sang songs to it

The world has sung to it

Songs of its love and joy,

Of its love and affection

Songs of its love and joy,

فَتَأَوَّدَتْ نَشوى بأَحلامِ

فَتَأَوَّدَتْ نَشوى بأَحلامِ

الحَياةِ وَنُورِهَا

الحَياةِ وَنُورِهَا

So it swayed, intoxicated with the dreams of

So it sympathized youthfully with

So it swayed, intoxicated by the dreams

Life and its light.

The dreams and light of life

Of life and its light.

إنَّ الطُّفولَةَ حِقْبَةً

إنَّ الطُّفولَةَ حِقْبَةً

شعريَّةٌ بشُعُورِها

شعريَّةٌ بشُعُورِها

Indeed, childhood is a time

Indeed, childhood is a

Truly, childhood is an epoch

Poetic in its feelings,

Poetic epoch in its feelings

Poetic in its sentiments,

وَدُمُوعِها وسُرُورِها

وَدُمُوعِها وسُرُورِها

وَطُمُوحِهَا وغُرُورِها

وَطُمُوحِهَا وغُرُورِها

And its tears and its joy,

its tears and joys

In its tears and its delights,

And its ambition and its vanity.

its ambitions and pride

Its ambitions and its pride.

لمْ تمشِ في دنيا الكآبَةِ

لمْ تمشِ في دنيا الكآبَةِ

والتَّعاسَةِ والعَذابْ

والتَّعاسَةِ والعَذابْ

It has not walked in the world of gloom

It did not walk in the world of sorrows

It has not walked the world of gloom,

And misery and torment,

misery and torment

Of misery and torment,

فترى على أضوائِها مَا في

فترى على أضوائِها مَا في

الحَقيقَةِ مِنْ كِذَابْ

الحَقيقَةِ مِنْ كِذَابْ

So as to see, by its lights, whatever

So it sees on its lights what is

To see, revealed by sorrow's light,

Falsehood lies within reality.

falsehood in reality

The falsehood in reality.