1. قد صَفَتْ الحقبُ

    واحتمى بنا الطَربُ

    The times have indeed grown fair,

    and rapture has taken refuge with us.

  2. فالرياضُ باسمةٌ

    إنَّ ثوبَها قُشب

    So the gardens are smiling;

    indeed, their robe is new.

  3. وَالسماءُ باكيةٌ

    إنَّ دمعَها سرب

    And the sky is weeping;

    indeed, her tears are streaming.

  4. ثرتدي الحدادَ وَإنَّ

    رداءَها السحب

    She wears mourning, and indeed,

    her cloak is the clouds.

  5. إنَّ رعدَها كشكا

    لى تصيحُ تنتحب

    Indeed, her thunder is like mourners

    crying out and sobbing.

  6. إنَّ برقَها وَمضٌ

    كالسعيرِ يلتهب

    Indeed, her lightning is a flash;

    like a raging fire, it blazes.

  7. فانبرى له بطلٌ

    نبلُ قوسِه ذهب

    Then a hero rose to meet it;

    the arrows of his bow are gold.

  8. الفضا مطيَّتُهُ

    ثابت وَقد يثب

    The open sky is his mount;

    he is still, yet sometimes he leaps.