بِبَنَاتِ الرَّوْضِ تَسْعَى رُفْقةٌ

بِبَنَاتِ الرَّوْضِ تَسْعَى رُفْقةٌ

مِنْ بَنَاتِ الْجَاهِ وَالقَدْرِ الرَّفِيعْ

مِنْ بَنَاتِ الْجَاهِ وَالقَدْرِ الرَّفِيعْ

Among the daughters of the garden, a company goes forth—

With the garden's daughters walks a company

daughters of prestige and exalted rank:

of daughters of rank and lofty standing.

زَهَرَاتٌ بَائِعَاتٌ زهَراً

زَهَرَاتٌ بَائِعَاتٌ زهَراً

يَا لَقَوْمِي هَلْ دَرَيْتُمْ مَا تَبِيعْ

يَا لَقَوْمِي هَلْ دَرَيْتُمْ مَا تَبِيعْ

blossoms selling blossoms.

Blossoms selling blossoms—

O my people, do you know what this company sells?

O my people, do you know what they sell?

هَذِهِ الْخُضْرَةُ فِيهَا أَمَلٌ

هَذِهِ الْخُضْرَةُ فِيهَا أَمَلٌ

يُبْرِيءُ النَّفْسَ مِنَ الْجُرْحِ الوَجِيعْ

يُبْرِيءُ النَّفْسَ مِنَ الْجُرْحِ الوَجِيعْ

Within this greenery there is hope

This greenery holds a hope

that heals the soul of its aching wound;

that heals the soul of its aching wound.

وَبِهِ السَّلْوَى إِذَا الْحَظُّ التَوَى

وَبِهِ السَّلْوَى إِذَا الْحَظُّ التَوَى

وَبِهِ الأَمْنُ إِذَا الآمِنُ رِيعْ

وَبِهِ الأَمْنُ إِذَا الآمِنُ رِيعْ

in it is solace when fortune fails,

And through it comes solace when fortune goes awry,

and safety when even the secure are struck with fear.

and through it, safety when the secure are frightened.

أُنْظُرِ الْوَرْدَ وَسَلْ حُمْرَتَهُ

أُنْظُرِ الْوَرْدَ وَسَلْ حُمْرَتَهُ

هَلْ مُحَيّاً كَمُحَيَّاهُ البَدِيعْ

هَلْ مُحَيّاً كَمُحَيَّاهُ البَدِيعْ

Look upon the rose, and ask its redness:

Look at the rose and ask its redness:

is any countenance like its exquisite face?

Is there a face like its wondrous face?

صُورَةُ الحُبِّ هِيَ الوَرْدُ فَمَنْ

صُورَةُ الحُبِّ هِيَ الوَرْدُ فَمَنْ

يَشْتَرِيهِ وَلَهُ حُسْنُ الصَّنِيعْ

يَشْتَرِيهِ وَلَهُ حُسْنُ الصَّنِيعْ

The rose is love’s own image; whoever

The rose is the image of love; who, then,

buys it earns the grace of a noble deed.

will buy it and earn the merit of a good deed?

حَبَّذَا الأَبْيَضُ شَفَّافُ السَّنَا

حَبَّذَا الأَبْيَضُ شَفَّافُ السَّنَا

عَنْ عَفَافٍ وَصَفَاءٍ وَخُشُوعْ

عَنْ عَفَافٍ وَصَفَاءٍ وَخُشُوعْ

How lovely the white bloom, translucent with radiance,

How lovely the white rose, its clear radiance revealing

revealing chastity, purity, and reverence.

chastity, purity, and humility!

تلْبَسُ العَذْرَاءُ فِي أَوْجِ العُلَى

تلْبَسُ العَذْرَاءُ فِي أَوْجِ العُلَى

مِنْهُ أَبْهَى حُلَلِ القَلْبِ الْوَدِيعْ

مِنْهُ أَبْهَى حُلَلِ القَلْبِ الْوَدِيعْ

The maiden, at the summit of her glory, wears

The Virgin, in the loftiest heights, wears

from it the gentle heart’s most splendid robes.

from it the fairest robes of the gentle heart.

هِيَ طَاقَاتٌ مِنَ الزَّهْرِ لَهَا

هِيَ طَاقَاتٌ مِنَ الزَّهْرِ لَهَا

فِي الْيَدِ البَيْضَاءِ آيَاتٌ تَرُوعْ

فِي الْيَدِ البَيْضَاءِ آيَاتٌ تَرُوعْ

They are bouquets of flowers, bearing

They are bouquets of flowers, bearing

in a white hand wonders that inspire awe.

in the white hand wonders that inspire awe.

مَنْ شَرَاهَا فَبِمَا يَبْذُلُهُ

مَنْ شَرَاهَا فَبِمَا يَبْذُلُهُ

بَعْضُ تَخْفِيفٍ لِوَيْلاَتِ الربُوعْ

بَعْضُ تَخْفِيفٍ لِوَيْلاَتِ الربُوعْ

Whoever buys them, through what he gives,

Whoever buys them, through what he gives,

brings some relief to the calamities of homes:

brings some relief to the woes of the land:

سَتْرُ أَعْرَاضٍ وَبِرٌّ بِذَوِي

سَتْرُ أَعْرَاضٍ وَبِرٌّ بِذَوِي

رَحِمٍ ذَلُّوا وَإِرقَاءُ دُمُوعْ

رَحِمٍ ذَلُّوا وَإِرقَاءُ دُمُوعْ

the shielding of honor; kindness to

honor safeguarded, and kindness toward those

displaced kin; and the drying of tears;

bound by kinship and brought low, and the drying of tears;

وَأَسَا جَرْحَى وَإِبْقَاءٌ عَلَى

وَأَسَا جَرْحَى وَإِبْقَاءٌ عَلَى

أُسُدٍ أَلْصقهَا بِالأَرْضِ جُوْعْ

أُسُدٍ أَلْصقهَا بِالأَرْضِ جُوْعْ

comfort for the wounded, and sustaining

and healing for the wounded, and keeping alive

lions whom hunger has pinned to the earth;

lions whom hunger has pinned to the ground;

وَكِسَاءٌ لِيَتِيمٍ وَنَدىً

وَكِسَاءٌ لِيَتِيمٍ وَنَدىً

يَسْتَدِرُّ الثَّدْيَ قُوتاً لِلرَّضِيعْ

يَسْتَدِرُّ الثَّدْيَ قُوتاً لِلرَّضِيعْ

clothing for an orphan, and a bounty

and clothing for an orphan, and bounty

that makes the breast yield nourishment for the suckling child.

that draws nourishment from the breast for the infant.

إِنَّمَا إِحْسَانُكمْ يُمْنٌ لَكُمْ

إِنَّمَا إِحْسَانُكمْ يُمْنٌ لَكُمْ

وَبِهِ الصِّحَّةُ وَالشَّمْلُ الْجَمِيعْ

وَبِهِ الصِّحَّةُ وَالشَّمْلُ الْجَمِيعْ

Your benevolence is truly a blessing to yourselves;

Your charity is nothing but a blessing for you;

through it come well-being and the unity of all.

and through it come health and a household kept together;

وَبِهِ دَفْع الرَّزَايَا عَنْكمُ

وَبِهِ دَفْع الرَّزَايَا عَنْكمُ

إِنَّ فِعْلَ البُؤْسِ فِي الخَلْقِ فَظِيعْ

إِنَّ فِعْلَ البُؤْسِ فِي الخَلْقِ فَظِيعْ

Through it calamities are driven away from you,

and through it, calamities are warded off from you.

for misery’s work among humankind is dreadful.

Truly, misery's effect upon humankind is terrible.

يَسْتَطِيعُ الجُودُ فِي دَرْءِ الأَذَى

يَسْتَطِيعُ الجُودُ فِي دَرْءِ الأَذَى

عَنْكُمُ مَا غَيْرُهُ لاَ يَسْتَطِيعْ

عَنْكُمُ مَا غَيْرُهُ لاَ يَسْتَطِيعْ

Generosity can ward away from you

Generosity can, in warding off harm

harm that nothing else can ward away.

from you, do what nothing else can.

لاَ تضِنُّوا يَا أَحِبَّائِي فَمَا

لاَ تضِنُّوا يَا أَحِبَّائِي فَمَا

مَنْ يُضِيعُ المَالَ فِي الخَيْرِ مُضِيعْ

مَنْ يُضِيعُ المَالَ فِي الخَيْرِ مُضِيعْ

Do not think so, my beloved friends: no one

Do not be miserly, my beloved friends, for no

who spends wealth on good is a squanderer.

one who spends wealth on good is a squanderer.

هَذِهِ الطَّاقَاتُ فِيهَا لِلْفَتَى

هَذِهِ الطَّاقَاتُ فِيهَا لِلْفَتَى

مِنْ غَوَايَاتِ الصِّبَا وَاقٍ مَنِيعْ

مِنْ غَوَايَاتِ الصِّبَا وَاقٍ مَنِيعْ

These bouquets offer the young man

These bouquets hold, for the young man,

a mighty shield against the temptations of youth.

an unassailable safeguard against youth's temptations;

وَلِمَنْ لاَقى شِتاءَ الْعُمْرِ فِي

وَلِمَنْ لاَقى شِتاءَ الْعُمْرِ فِي

زَهَرَاتِ الْبِرِّ بُشْرَى بِالرَّبِيعْ

زَهَرَاتِ الْبِرِّ بُشْرَى بِالرَّبِيعْ

And for whoever encounters the winter of life, within

and for whoever has met life's winter, in

the blossoms of goodness lie glad tidings of spring.

the blossoms of kindness lies glad news of spring.