فالروض عقفت الصبا اصداغه

فالروض عقفت الصبا اصداغه

والموج صفقت الشمال طرارهُ

والموج صفقت الشمال طرارهُ

And the east wind has curled the garden's temple-locks,

The breeze halted at the meadow's edge

and the north wind has buffeted the waves' forelocks.

And the wave clapped the north wind's pride

وأظن دجله اسلمت أو ما راي

وأظن دجله اسلمت أو ما راي

ت الجسر يقطع وسطها زناره

ت الجسر يقطع وسطها زناره

And I think the Tigris has embraced Islam—have you not seen

And I think the Tigris surrendered, or else

the bridge—her girdle—being severed at her waist?

I saw the bridge bisect its waistband

وحكى بناء المجد فيها غارس

وحكى بناء المجد فيها غارس

غرس الصنائع حولها اشجاره

غرس الصنائع حولها اشجاره

And a planter there has mirrored the building of glory,

And the edifice of glory planted in it

planting benefactions—his trees—all around it.

Planted the trees of crafts around it

قد صور الفلك المدار كأنه

قد صور الفلك المدار كأنه

انشاه قبل كيانه وأداره

انشاه قبل كيانه وأداره

He has depicted the revolving celestial sphere, as though

The orbit depicted as if

he had created it before it existed and set it turning.

It was created before its existence and rotated

وبنى على شرف الثريا قصره

وبنى على شرف الثريا قصره

وطحا على فلك النعائم داره

وطحا على فلك النعائم داره

And he built his palace upon the heights of the Pleiades,

And built on the honor of treasure its palace

and spread his dwelling over the sphere of al-Naʿāʾim.

And pitched on the orbit of bliss its house

فالشيد يصقل صانعوه لجيته

فالشيد يصقل صانعوه لجيته

والساج ينقش مخلصوه نضاره

والساج ينقش مخلصوه نضاره

So the plaster's craftsmen polish its silver sheen,

So the masons polish its sides for it

and the teak's refiners engrave its gold.

And the carpenters carve its blossoms

شغلت خواطرنا ولحظ عيوننا

شغلت خواطرنا ولحظ عيوننا

مذ صار يجعل طرزه أشعاره

مذ صار يجعل طرزه أشعاره

Our thoughts and our eyes' gaze have been engrossed,

It occupied our thoughts and glanced our eyes

since he began making his poems its embroidery.

Since it started composing its motifs into poems

أوسع مثالا ان خطرت بباله

أوسع مثالا ان خطرت بباله

ونل السماء إذا بلغت دياره

ونل السماء إذا بلغت دياره

Grow grander in form if you cross his mind,

The wider example if crossed its mind

and attain the heavens when you reach his dwellings.

And reached the sky whenever its abode ascended

ينسى العمالق واصف اخباره

ينسى العمالق واصف اخباره

ويهين مصر معدد امصاره

ويهين مصر معدد امصاره

Whoever recounts his deeds forgets the Amalekites,

It forgot the giant describing its news

and whoever counts his cities belittles Egypt.

And insulted Egypt counting its towns