تَضاحَكَ الرَوضُ لَمّا أَن بَكى المَطَرُ

فَلِلرَبيعُ رُبوعٌ زانَها الزَهَرُ

The garden smiled when the rain wept

So for spring there are meadows adorned with flowers

لِلَّهِ نَمنَمَةُ النَمامِ حينَ بَدَت

وَالوَردُ يُنظَمُ وَالمَنثورُ يَنتَثِرُ

For God the twittering of the warbler when it began

And roses are strung and scattered blossoms scattered

فَاِشرَب هَنيئاً عَلى ضَوءِ الهَزارِ ضُحىً

فَالطَيرُ تُطرِبُ ما لا يُطرِبُ الوَتَرُ

So drink happily in the light of the crescent at dawn

For the birds sing what the strings do not sing

وَبادِرِ الكَأسَ مِنَ بَدرٍ يَطوفُ بِها

ظَبيٌ مِنَ الحورِ في أَلحاظِهِ حَوَرُ

And take the cup from a full moon circulating among them

A gazelle with the glances of a houri in its eyes

فَهَذِهِ الراحُ وَالرَيحانُ يَصحَبُها

وَالنَهرُ وَالزَهرُ وَالقُمرِيُّ وَالقَمَرُ

For this is comfort and basil accompanying it

And the river and the flowers and the yellow and the moon

مُحاسِنٌ وَجَلالِ اللَهِ ما التَأَمَت

إِلّا تَصَرَّمَتِ الأَحزانُ وَالفِكَرُ

Beauties and the majesty of God - did grief and thought ever cease

Except that sorrows and thoughts withered away