زَبَرجَدَةٌ فيها قُراضَةُ فِضَّةٍ

زَبَرجَدَةٌ فيها قُراضَةُ فِضَّةٍ

فَإِن رَجَعَت تِبراً فَقَد خَسَّ أَمرُها

فَإِن رَجَعَت تِبراً فَقَد خَسَّ أَمرُها

An emerald, with silver filings inside it.

A peridot with silver filings within it.

Should it turn to gold dust, its condition has worsened.

But if it turns to raw gold, its condition has indeed deteriorated.

تُلِمُّ بِنا طَورَينِ في كُلِّ حِجَّةٍ

تُلِمُّ بِنا طَورَينِ في كُلِّ حِجَّةٍ

فَيَكثُرُ فينا خَيرُها ثُمَّ شَرُّها

فَيَكثُرُ فينا خَيرُها ثُمَّ شَرُّها

It visits us twice in every year,

It visits us twice each year.

So its good abounds among us—and then its evil.

So its good abounds among us, and then its harm.

فَعِندَ المِصَيفِ لَيسَ يُفقَدُ نَفعُها

فَعِندَ المِصَيفِ لَيسَ يُفقَدُ نَفعُها

وَعِندَ الخَريفِ لَيسَ يُؤمَنُ ضَرُّها

وَعِندَ الخَريفِ لَيسَ يُؤمَنُ ضَرُّها

In summertime, its benefit is never absent;

For in summer, its benefit is never lacking.

But in autumn, no one is safe from its harm.

And in autumn, one is not safe from its harm.