يا طِيْبَ يَومِ خَلاَعَةٍ وَبَطالَةٍ

قَصَّرْتُهِ بِتَمَتُّعْ وَلَذَاذَةِ

O good day of leisure and idleness

I shortened it with enjoyment and pleasure

فِي رَوْضَةٍ جُلِيَتْ عَلَى أَبْصارِنَا

فيما اكْتَسَتْهُ من الحُلِيِّ النّابِتِ

In a garden revealed to our sights

Adorned with brightly colored flowers

والغيثُ يَبْكي في خِلالِ نَبَاتِها

والبَرْقُ يَضْحَكُ منه ضِحْكَ الشّامِتِ

The rain weeps through its vegetation

Lightning laughs at it, the laugh of a gloating foe

والورْدُ كالوَجَنَاتِ والأنْفَاسِ مِنْ

ظِبْيٍ غَرِيرٍ عنْد صبٍّ بائِتِ

Roses like cheeks, breaths like

The growling of a leopard by a sleeping companion

وتَعلُّقُ الأُتْرُجُّ في أغْصانِهِ

مِثْلَ النُّهودِ قد اتَّكَتْ أَوْ كَادَتِ

Grapes hanging in their branches

Like fat partridges that almost fell

وتجاوَبَتْ نَغَمُ الحمائِمُ بالضُّحَى

يَسْجَعْنَ بَيْنَ بَلاَبلٍ وَفَواخِتِ

The cooing of doves echoes at dawn

Answered by nightingales and songbirds

يَومٌ حَمَدْتُ بِهِ الزّمان وحُكِّمَتْ

فيه الشّمُولُ من العُقُولِ فَجَارَتِ

A day I praised time for it

And the comprehensiveness of minds excelled