هذا الغَديرُ وحولهُ من عِزِّهِ

هذا الغَديرُ وحولهُ من عِزِّهِ

عِوض الرياض ملاعبُ الفُرسانِ

عِوض الرياض ملاعبُ الفُرسانِ

This is the pool; around it, befitting its glory,

This meadow and around it some of its glory

are knights’ playing fields in place of gardens.

Instead of gardens, the knights' playgrounds

والخيلُ تعْدو بالكُماةِ كأنها

والخيلُ تعْدو بالكُماةِ كأنها

مُعطُ الفَلا وكواسرُ العِقْبانِ

مُعطُ الفَلا وكواسرُ العِقْبانِ

The horses gallop with armored warriors, as though they were

And the horses gallop with the polo sticks as if they are

the thin-coated wolves of the wastes and swooping eagles.

Givers of flags and breakers of spears

ما بين ذي كُرةٍ يجولُ بطرفهِ

ما بين ذي كُرةٍ يجولُ بطرفهِ

ومُحاربٍ بمهنَّدٍ وسِنانِ

ومُحاربٍ بمهنَّدٍ وسِنانِ

Among them is one with a ball, wheeling on his steed,

Between one with a ball roams with its edge

and a combatant with an Indian-steel sword and a spearhead,

And a warrior with a lance and blade

ومُثير وحشٍ تَدَّريهِ سِهامُهُ

ومُثير وحشٍ تَدَّريهِ سِهامُهُ

قد غادر الغِزلانَ كالأقْرانِ

قد غادر الغِزلانَ كالأقْرانِ

and one rousing wild game, which his arrows take unawares,

And a rouser of wild beast, his arrows make it leave

who has left the gazelles like rival combatants.

The gazelles like peers

مُلَحٌ يتمُّ بها النشاطُ ومجلسٌ

مُلَحٌ يتمُّ بها النشاطُ ومجلسٌ

جَلَّتْ مسرَّتُه دُجى الأحْزانِ

جَلَّتْ مسرَّتُه دُجى الأحْزانِ

Delights that make enjoyment complete, and a gathering

A saltiness which the vitality is completed with

whose gladness has dispelled the darkness of sorrows.

Its happiness shone the gloom of sorrows

فاغْنم مُساعدةَ الليالي وابْتدر

فاغْنم مُساعدةَ الليالي وابْتدر

لذّاتِها وعليكَ بالاِحسانِ

لذّاتِها وعليكَ بالاِحسانِ

So seize the favor of the nights, and hasten to

So enjoy the assistance of the nights and draw

their pleasures; and hold fast to doing good.

For its pleasures and be kind to it