يَوْمَ أَتانا بَرْدُه في بُرْدَةٍ

أَضْحَى بِها مِثْلَ الحَديدِ الماءُ

A day came to us, bearing its cold within its cloak;

through it, the water became like a garden.

والأَرْضُ قَدْ بُسِطَتْ لِحُسْنِ صَنيعِه

بِالثَّلْجِ في الأَرْضِ اليَدُ البَيْضاءُ

And Earth, through the beauty of that workmanship, spread

across the land a white hand of snow.

فاحْضُر فَنحْنُ كما تُحِبّ بِمَجْلسٍ

لَوْ لَمْ تَغِبْ تَمتْ بِهِ السّرّاءُ

So come: we are, just as you love, in a gathering

whose gladness, were you not absent, would be complete.