جَلى الرَبيعُ عَلَينا

جَلى الرَبيعُ عَلَينا

كَواعِباً أَبكارا

كَواعِباً أَبكارا

Spring unveiled before us

Spring unveiled before us

nubile maidens, untouched,

budding-breasted virgins,

مُتَوَّجاتٍ عَقيقاً

مُتَوَّجاتٍ عَقيقاً

مُسَوَّراتٍ نَهارا

مُسَوَّراتٍ نَهارا

crowned with carnelian,

crowned with agate,

braceleted with daylight.

braceleted with daylight.

تَرى لَهُنَّ مِنَ الوَر

تَرى لَهُنَّ مِنَ الوَر

دِ شَوذَراً وَخِمارا

دِ شَوذَراً وَخِمارا

You see them clothed in ro—

You see upon them, made of roses,

—ses, in mantles and veils.

a mantle and a veil.

أَهدى لَنا جَوهَراتٍ

أَهدى لَنا جَوهَراتٍ

تُحَيِّرُ الأَبصارا

تُحَيِّرُ الأَبصارا

It bestowed upon us jewels

It gave us jewels

that bewilder the eyes.

that bewilder the eyes.

يا حُسنَ حُمرٍ وَصُفرٍ

يا حُسنَ حُمرٍ وَصُفرٍ

تُريكَ جَمراً وَنارا

تُريكَ جَمراً وَنارا

O beauty of reds and yellows

How lovely the reds and yellows,

that show you embers and flame!

showing you embers and fire!

قَد راقَ ذاكَ اِحمِرارا

قَد راقَ ذاكَ اِحمِرارا

وَراعَ ذاكَ اِصفِرارا

وَراعَ ذاكَ اِصفِرارا

That one delights in its redness,

Indeed, that one was pleasing in its redness,

and that one startles in its yellowness.

and that one astounding in its yellowness.

وَخِلتَ هَذا عَقيقاً

وَخِلتَ هَذا عَقيقاً

وَخِلتَ ذاكَ نِضارا

وَخِلتَ ذاكَ نِضارا

You would think this carnelian,

And you took this one for agate,

and that pure gold;

and you took that one for pure gold,

وَذاكَ شَهداً مُشارا

وَذاكَ شَهداً مُشارا

وَذاكَ راحاً عِقارا

وَذاكَ راحاً عِقارا

that one harvested honey,

and that one for harvested honey,

and that one aged wine.

and that one for heady wine.

لَو كانَ يَبقى سَليماً

لَو كانَ يَبقى سَليماً

نَظَمتُهُ تِقصارا

نَظَمتُهُ تِقصارا

If it would remain unharmed,

If it could remain unspoiled,

I would string it into a short necklace.

I would string it into a choker.