1. باكَرَنا الدَهرُ بِسَرّائِهِ

    وَكَفَّ عَنّا بَأسَ بَأسائِهِ

    Time greeted us early with its joys,

    And withheld from us the fury of its hardships.

  2. وَجاءَنا أَيلولُ مُستَبشِراً

    يَثني عَلى الدَهرِ بِآلائِهِ

    And September came to us rejoicing,

    Praising Time for its blessings.

  3. أَما تَرى الرِقَّةَ في جَوِّهِ

    تُناسِبُ الرِقَّةَ في مائِهِ

    Do you not see the softness in its air

    Matching the softness in its water?

  4. أُنظُر إِلى أَنواعِ أَثمارِهِ

    قَد ضَمَّها في بَردِ أَحشائِهِ

    Look at the many kinds of its fruit,

    Which it has gathered in the coolness of its bosom.

  5. راحَت عَلَيها نَسَماتُ الصِبا

    تَقرُصُها في بَردِ أَفنائِهِ

    The east wind's breezes swept over them,

    Nipping them in the coolness of its courtyards.

  6. أَما تَرى حُسنَ مُلاحِيِّهِ

    يُهدى إِلى بَهجَةِ شَعرائِهِ

    Do you not see the beauty of its Mullahi grapes,

    Offered to the splendor of its Sha'ra' grapes?

  7. أُنظُر إِلى رُمّانِهِ ضاحِكاً

    حَمراؤُهُ في وَجهِ بَيضائِهِ

    Look at its pomegranates laughing—

    Its red ones in the face of its white ones.