زُفَّتْ إِلَيْكَ وَالزَّمانُ وَرْدُ
وَالنُّورُ تَاجٌ وَالفَرِيدُ عِقْدُ
The season has come to you bearing roses,
Light is the crown and creation the necklace.
وَالجَوُّ صَفْوٌ وَالنَّسِيمُ نَدُّ
مَا أَبْهَجَ الْعَيْشَ إِذَا تَلاَقَى
The weather is clear and the breeze gentle,
How enjoyable is life when two
مُلْتَهِبَانِ ظَمَأً فَذَاقَا
كَأْساً مِزَاجُهَا أَلْهَوَى وَالسَّعْدُ
Thirsty souls meet
And taste a cup whose mixture intoxicates.
مَا الحُبُّ إِلاَّ نِعْمَةٌ وَأَمْنٌ
لأَهْلِهِ وَرَحْمَةٌ وَيُمْنُ
Love is nothing but a blessing and safety
For its people, and mercy and prosperity,
دَعْ عَاذِلاً أَوْ سَائِلاً مَا بَعْدُ
أَلْيَوْمَ ظُلْمَةٌ تَسِيلُ خَمْرا
Leave any blamer or questioner; what comes after is prosperity.
Today there is darkness pouring wine
مُوْقِدَةٌ فِي كُلِّ قَلْبٍ فَجْرا
وَفِي غَدٍ شَمْسٌ سَنَاهَا شَهْدُ
Kindled in every heart an awakening.
And tomorrow a sun whose honey matured prosperity.
أَلْيَوْمَ تُعْرَفُ أَلْغَرَامَ البِكْرُ
وَمَا عَلَيْهَا فِي الْغَرَامِ نُكْرُ
Today the virgin’s love is known
And she has no shame in love,
يَا حُسْنَ غِيِّ صارَ وَهْوَ رُشْدُ
مَضَى زَمَانُ الغِرَّةِ اللّطِيفَهْ
O beautiful madness has become reasonable prosperity.
The time of innocent playfulness has passed
وَجَاءَ وَقْتُ الصَّبْوَةِ العَفِيفَهْ
يُعِدّ لِلعُمْرانِ مَنْ يُعِدُّ
And the time of virtuous youth has come
That prepares for civilization one who prepares.
وَفي غَدٍ تَوَافُدُ البَنِينَا
ثُمَّ عَلَى تَقَادُمِ السِّنِينَا
Tomorrow the children will come
Then as the years pass
تَجَامُلٌ حُلْوٌ وَعَيْشٌ رَغْدُ
جُرْجِيتُ يَا مَنْ خَصَّهَا بالحُبِّ
A beautiful harmony and pleasant prosperous life.
Jurjita, you who were singled out for love
أَسْرَى الشَّبَابِ فِي أَعَزِّ شَعْبِ
إِنْ الْوُرُودَ شِبْهُ مَن بَوَدُّ
A captive of youth in the most precious land
Indeed, the flowers resemble the one who loves.
جُرْجيتَ قد أُجيزَ لِلْقَوَافِي
وَصفُ العَرُوسِ سَاعَةَ الزِّفافِ
Jurjita, the rhymes have been permitted
To describe the bride at the time of marriage
فَلا يَكُنْ عَنْهُنَّ مِنْكَ صَدُّ
وَعَلَّ زوجَكِ أَلأَدِيبَ آذِنْ
So let there be no reluctance from you.
And inform your husband the writer
إِنِّي إِذَنْ بعَينِهِ مُعَايِنُ
وبِفُؤادِهِ لِسَانِي يَشْدو
That through his eyes I see
And through his heart my tongue sings.
أُحِسُّ فِي رَأْسِيَ مِنْهُ وَحْيا
يُنْزِلُ فِي نَفْسِي شِعْراً حَيّا
I feel inspiration from him in my head
Sending poetry alive into my soul
فَهْوَ يَقُولُ وَأَنَا ارُدُّ
وانْظُمُ أَلْبَيْتَ أَلْذِي يُؤويكِ
He says and I respond,
And I compose the verse that shelters you
فَلَيْسَ يَبدُو رَسْمُ مَعنىً فيكِ
إِلاَّ ومَعْنىً مِنْهُ فِيهِ يَبْدُو
No form of meaning appears in you
Except that a meaning from it appears in it.
لِلهِ أَنتِ فِي أَلْغَوَانِي أَلْحُورِ
مِنْ روحِ ظرفٍ في مِثَالِ نورِ
By God, in my songs you are the lovely one
Of the spirit of a graceful ideal of light
لِكُلِّ عينٍ مِنْ سَنَاهُ وِرْد
لِلهِ فِي مُقْلَتِكِ النَّجْلاءِ
For every eye from its radiance is a flower.
By God, in your bright eyes
تِبْرُ الأَصيلِ في مَدَى السماءِ
بِبَهْجَةٍ تَكَادُ لاَ تُحَدَّ
Shines the genuineness across the horizon
With a delight that can barely be limited.
يَا لَهُ ذاكَ الخَدُّ مَا أَرْوَعَهُ
لِلهِ ذَاكَ القَدُّ مَا أَبْدَعَهُ
O, the beauty of that cheek, how amazing!
By God, the elegance of that stature, how wondrous!
إِذَا اسْتَظَلَّ بِجَنَاهُ القد
مَحَاسِنُ الأَوصَافِ وَالأَخلاقِ
When shaded by the posture of that height.
The virtues of character and manners
فِيكِ الْتَقَتْ والحمدُ للخَلاَّقِ
وبعدَه لأَبَوَيْكِ الحَمْدُ
Have gathered in you, and praise be to the Creator,
And after Him be praise to your parents.
أَخَذْتِ عَنْ أَكْمَلِ أُمٍّ وَأَبِ
أَوْفَى الجَمَالِ وَأَتَمَّ الأَدَبِ
You took from the most perfect mother and father
The most complete beauty and finest etiquette,
وَهَكَذَا مَا جَدَّ يسْتَجدُّ
وانتَ يا نَجْلَ أَخي نقولا
And thus what was excellent continues to be excellent.
And you, my brother’s daughter, we say:
قَدْ سَاغَ يَومَ العرْسِ أَنْ نقولا
فِيكَ الَّذِي فِيكَ وَلَسْنَا نَعدو
On your wedding day it is fitting that we say
About you what is in you, and we do not exaggerate.
إِن تَكُنِ النَّابِغَةَ الحَبِيبَا
فَعُنْصُرَكَ مَن عَرَفْنَا طِيبَا
If you are the brilliant poet,
Then your partner we have known as good,
كَيْفَ العفافُ منْجِباً والمَجدُ
فِعش وعاشتْ عِرسُكَ المُنيرَهْ
How can chastity be brought forth and prosperity?
Live in prosperity, you and your shining wedding,
في نِعْمةٍ سَابغةٍ وَفِيرَهْ
إِنَّ الصَّفَاءَ للرِّقاءِ وَعْدُ
In abundant and copious blessing.
Indeed, purity is the promise of happiness.
وَلْتَكُنِ الدَّارُ الَّتِي ابْتَنَيْتُمَا
دارَ السَّعَادَةِ الَّتِي ابْتَغَيتُما
Let the house you built
Be the house of happiness you sought.
زِينتُهَا مَالٌ زَكَا وَوِلْدُ
Its adornment lawful money and children.
