لبس الربيع الطلق برد شبابه

لبس الربيع الطلق برد شبابه

وافتر عن عتباه بعد عتابه

وافتر عن عتباه بعد عتابه

The genial spring donned the mantle of his youth,

Spring wore its youth coldness

And smiled, revealing his favor after his reproach.

And uncovered its coquetry after coyness

ملك الفصول حبا الثرى بثرائه

ملك الفصول حبا الثرى بثرائه

متبرجا لوهاده وهضابه

متبرجا لوهاده وهضابه

The king of seasons endowed the earth with his wealth,

The king of seasons adorned the land with its riches

Displaying his finery to its lowlands and hills.

Exuberantly displaying its valleys and plateaus

فأراك بالأنوار وشي بروده

فأراك بالأنوار وشي بروده

وأراك بالاشجار خضر قبابه

وأراك بالاشجار خضر قبابه

Thus he showed you, through blossoms, the embroidery of his robes,

I see you with lights and adorned with its coldness

And showed you, through trees, his green domes.

And I see you with trees, green are its domes

أمسى يذهبها بشمس أصيلة

أمسى يذهبها بشمس أصيلة

وغدا يعضضها بدمع جنابه

وغدا يعضضها بدمع جنابه

At evening he gilded them with the late-afternoon sun,

Last night the setting sun takes it away

And at dawn he gnawed at them [wording unclear] with the tears of his domain.

And tomorrow the tears of its eyelids snatch it

عقل العقول فما تكيف حسنه

عقل العقول فما تكيف حسنه

وثنى العيون جنائبا بجنابه

وثنى العيون جنائبا بجنابه

He fettered minds, which could not fathom his beauty,

The mind of minds, so how can its beauty be contained

And drew the eyes, like led steeds, to his side.

And the eyes bent as eyebrows at its eyebrows

بالحاجب المأمول أضحك ثغره

بالحاجب المأمول أضحك ثغره

فرحا وأنطق جهرنا بصوابه

فرحا وأنطق جهرنا بصوابه

For the chamberlain in whom hopes rest, he made his mouth smile,

With the hoped-for eyebrow, its mouth smiled

In joy, and gave voice to our proclamation of his sound judgment:

Joyfully and our voices loudly spoke its rightness

بعماد هذا الدين والملك الذي

بعماد هذا الدين والملك الذي

تتبادر الاملاك لثم ركابه

تتبادر الاملاك لثم ركابه

For the pillar of this faith and the realm, whose

With the pillar of this religion and the king whom

Stirrup kings vie to kiss.

The angels hurry to kiss his feet

هز الصعاد فارعدت من خوفه

هز الصعاد فارعدت من خوفه

وعلا الجياد فاصبحت تزهى به

وعلا الجياد فاصبحت تزهى به

He brandished the lances, and they trembled in fear of him,

It shook the mountain tops and they thunder from its fear

And mounted the noble steeds, which then gloried in him.

And the steeds rose up, so they began to pride themselves on it