باكَرَنا الدَهرُ بِسَرّائِهِ

باكَرَنا الدَهرُ بِسَرّائِهِ

وَكَفَّ عَنّا بَأسَ بَأسائِهِ

وَكَفَّ عَنّا بَأسَ بَأسائِهِ

Time came early to greet us with its good fortune,

Time came to us early with its joys,

and held back from us the force of its adversity.

And spared us the harshness of its afflictions.

وَجاءَنا أَيلولُ مُستَبشِراً

وَجاءَنا أَيلولُ مُستَبشِراً

يَثني عَلى الدَهرِ بِآلائِهِ

يَثني عَلى الدَهرِ بِآلائِهِ

September came to us rejoicing,

And September came to us rejoicing,

praising Time for its blessings.

Praising Time for its bounties.

أَما تَرى الرِقَّةَ في جَوِّهِ

أَما تَرى الرِقَّةَ في جَوِّهِ

تُناسِبُ الرِقَّةَ في مائِهِ

تُناسِبُ الرِقَّةَ في مائِهِ

Do you not see the softness of its air

Do you not see the delicacy in its air

matching the softness of its water?

Matching the delicacy in its water?

أُنظُر إِلى أَنواعِ أَثمارِهِ

أُنظُر إِلى أَنواعِ أَثمارِهِ

قَد ضَمَّها في بَردِ أَحشائِهِ

قَد ضَمَّها في بَردِ أَحشائِهِ

Look upon its many kinds of fruit,

Look at the varieties of its fruits,

gathered within the coolness of its bosom.

Which it has gathered in the coolness of its bosom.

راحَت عَلَيها نَسَماتُ الصِبا

راحَت عَلَيها نَسَماتُ الصِبا

تَقرُصُها في بَردِ أَفنائِهِ

تَقرُصُها في بَردِ أَفنائِهِ

The breaths of the east wind wafted over them,

The breezes of the east wind passed over them,

nipping them in the chill of its open reaches.

Nipping them in the chill of its courtyards.

أَما تَرى حُسنَ مُلاحِيِّهِ

أَما تَرى حُسنَ مُلاحِيِّهِ

يُهدى إِلى بَهجَةِ شَعرائِهِ

يُهدى إِلى بَهجَةِ شَعرائِهِ

Do you not see the beauty of its Mullāḥī grapes,

Do you not see the beauty of its Mullāḥī grapes,

offered to the splendor of its downy peaches?

Offered to the loveliness of its Shaʿrāʾ peaches?

أُنظُر إِلى رُمّانِهِ ضاحِكاً

أُنظُر إِلى رُمّانِهِ ضاحِكاً

حَمراؤُهُ في وَجهِ بَيضائِهِ

حَمراؤُهُ في وَجهِ بَيضائِهِ

Look at its pomegranate, laughing—

Look at its pomegranates, smiling—

its red gleaming against its white.

Its red against the face of its white.