هناك العيدُ وهو الآن أولى

وأجدرُ أن تكون به المُهَنّا

May the Eid gladden you—for now it is fitter,

and worthier that you should be congratulated upon it.

فقابلْ يُمنَه في ظلّ مُلْكٍ

غدا لك باسطاً باليُمنِ يُمْنى

So welcome its auspiciousness beneath the shade of a king

who has come, in blessing, to stretch out his right hand to you.

وأطلعَ من كؤوسِ الراحِ شُهْباً

ومُزْناً من دخانِ النّدِ دَجْنا

He has made bright stars rise from goblets of wine,

and dark rainclouds from the smoke of fragrant incense.

ويومُك فوق أمسكَ في سُرورِ

لبستَ برودَهُ دعَةً وأمنا

Your day surpasses its yesterday in delight;

you have worn its robes: ease and safety.

ومسمَعُهُ تظنّ العودَ مما

يطاوعُها إذا غنّتْ تغنّى

And in its music you would think the lute one of those

that obey her: whenever she sings, it too sings.

فناؤكَ وهو يا رضوانُ عدْنٌ

يذُمّ لأجله رضوانُ عَدْنا

Your courtyard—O Riḍwān—is itself an Eden;

because of it, Riḍwān disparages Eden.