جاء الربيعُ وبحرك الفيّاضُ

فَغَدَت فقارُ الأرضِ وهي رياضُ

Spring has arrived and the abundant rain poured down,

So the barren earth became meadows and fields.

والروضُ أصبحَ بعد صفرةِ لونهِ

وبوجنتيه حمرةٌن وبياضُ

The garden, after its pale complexion,

Now has redness and whiteness in its cheeks.

وكأنَّ نوارَ الحدائقِ في الضُّحى

حَدَقٌ لدى عُشّاقهنَّ مراض

As if the blossoms’ radiance in the morning

Are eyes gazing at their lovers, sick with yearning.

فانظر ترى الدنيا عروسَ منصَّةٍ

يصيبك بُردُ شبابها الفضفاضُ

Look and see, the world is a bride arrayed,

The briskness of her youth makes you shiver.

والمزعجاتُ جفونهنّ غضيضةٌ

والمبهجاتُ غصونهنّ غضاض

Vexing ones, their eyelids tightly shut,

Delighting ones, their branches softly swaying.

بنداك يصبغ ثوب شرَّته الغنى

أبداً ويصبغ صبغه الايقاض

Your song forever dyes the robe of opulence

And dyes it with the dye of wakefulness.