سَلَّ الرَبيعُ عَلى الشِتاءِ صَوارِماً

سَلَّ الرَبيعُ عَلى الشِتاءِ صَوارِماً

تَرَكتهُ مَجروحاً بِلا إِغمادِ

تَرَكتهُ مَجروحاً بِلا إِغمادِ

Spring unsheathed keen swords against winter;

Spring unsheathed keen swords against winter.

they left him wounded, without returning to their scabbards.

They left him wounded, without being sheathed.

وَبَكَت لَهُ عَينُ السَحابِ بِأَدمُعٍ

وَبَكَت لَهُ عَينُ السَحابِ بِأَدمُعٍ

ضَحِكَت لِساجِمِها رُبى الأَنجادِ

ضَحِكَت لِساجِمِها رُبى الأَنجادِ

The cloud’s eye wept for him with tears,

And the clouds' eye wept tears for him.

while the upland hills laughed at its pouring rain.

At their streaming, the upland hills laughed.

وَبَدَت شَقائِقُها خِلالَ رِياضِها

وَبَدَت شَقائِقُها خِلالَ رِياضِها

تُزهى بِثَوبي حُمرَةٍ وَسَوادِ

تُزهى بِثَوبي حُمرَةٍ وَسَوادِ

Their anemones appeared amid their meadows,

And their anemones appeared amid their gardens,

glorying in twin robes of crimson and black,

glorying in two robes of red and black.

فَكَأَنَّها بِنتُ الشِتاءِ تَوَجَّعَت

فَكَأَنَّها بِنتُ الشِتاءِ تَوَجَّعَت

لِمُصابِهِ كَشَقيقَةِ الأَولادِ

لِمُصابِهِ كَشَقيقَةِ الأَولادِ

as though together they were winter’s daughter, grieving

So they seemed to be winter's daughter, grieving

over his affliction like a full sister among his offspring.

at his affliction, like the children's sister.

فَقُنو حُمرَتِها خِضابُ نَجيعِهِ

فَقُنو حُمرَتِها خِضابُ نَجيعِهِ

وَسَوادُ كِسوَتِها لِباسُ حِدادِ

وَسَوادُ كِسوَتِها لِباسُ حِدادِ

Thus her red color is the dye of his lifeblood,

So their deep crimson is the stain of his blood,

and the black of her attire is a garment of mourning.

and the black of their clothing is mourning dress.