ألم تَرَ أنواءَ الربيع كأنما

ألم تَرَ أنواءَ الربيع كأنما

نَشَرنَ على الآفا وَشيَاً مُذهّبا

نَشَرنَ على الآفا وَشيَاً مُذهّبا

Have you not seen the spring rain clouds, as though

Have you not seen spring's rains, as though

they spread gilded brocade across the horizons—

they spread gilded brocade across the horizons?

فمن شجرٍ أظهرنَ فيه طَلاقَةً

فمن شجرٍ أظهرنَ فيه طَلاقَةً

وكان عَبُوسا قبلَهُن مُقَطَّبا

وكان عَبُوسا قبلَهُن مُقَطَّبا

bringing many a tree a cheerful radiance

And in some trees they revealed a cheerful countenance,

though before them it was sullen and scowling;

though before them the trees had been grim and frowning.

ومن روضَةٍ قَضَّى الشتاء حِدَادهَا

ومن روضَةٍ قَضَّى الشتاء حِدَادهَا

فَوشَّحنَ عطفَيهَا مُلاءً مُطَيَّبا

فَوشَّحنَ عطفَيهَا مُلاءً مُطَيَّبا

and many a garden that spent the winter in mourning,

And a garden whose winter mourning had ended—

whose shoulders they adorned with fragrant robes?

they draped her two flanks in perfumed mantles.

سقاها سُلافُ الغيثِ رَيَّاً فأصبَحت

سقاها سُلافُ الغيثِ رَيَّاً فأصبَحت

تَمايَلُ سُكراً كلما هَبَّت الصبَّا

تَمايَلُ سُكراً كلما هَبَّت الصبَّا

The pure wine of rain gave it a quenching draught, and it began

The rain's choicest wine slaked her thirst, and she began

to sway drunkenly whenever the east wind blew.

to sway drunkenly whenever the east wind blew.

كأنَّ سجَايا شيرزاد تَمدُّها

كأنَّ سجَايا شيرزاد تَمدُّها

فقد أمنت من أن تُحولَ وتَشحُبا

فقد أمنت من أن تُحولَ وتَشحُبا

It is as though Shirzad’s virtues sustain it,

As though Shirzad's virtues sustain her,

so it need no longer fear fading or growing pale.

so she is safe from changing and growing pale.