وَعامٍ كَسانا ثِيابَ السُّرور

وَعامٍ كَسانا ثِيابَ السُّرور

وجَرَّ علَينا ذُيولَ الطَّرَبْ

وجَرَّ علَينا ذُيولَ الطَّرَبْ

And a year that clothed us in garments of joy,

A year has dressed us in robes of joy,

And drew over us the trailing hems of delight.

And drawn behind it trails of rapture.

وَلَمّا خَلَعْنا بُرودَ الهُموم

وَلَمّا خَلَعْنا بُرودَ الهُموم

وفيه أزَلْنا رُسومَ الكرَبْ

وفيه أزَلْنا رُسومَ الكرَبْ

And when we cast off the cloaks of worry,

When we cast off the frost of sorrows,

And in it we erased the traces of distress,

And therein shed the ways of distress.

بِهِ أَنجُم السّعْدِ قَد أَشْرَقَتْ

بِهِ أَنجُم السّعْدِ قَد أَشْرَقَتْ

ونَجْمُ النّحوساتِ أرِّخْ غَرَبْ

ونَجْمُ النّحوساتِ أرِّخْ غَرَبْ

In it the stars of good fortune have shone,

In it the stars of fortune have shone,

And the star of ill fortune—record the date!—has set.

And the star of misfortunes has set its decline.