قالَ الحَيا لِلنَسيمِ لَمّا

قالَ الحَيا لِلنَسيمِ لَمّا

ظَلَّ بِهِ الزَهرُ في اِشتِغالِ

ظَلَّ بِهِ الزَهرُ في اِشتِغالِ

The rain said to the breeze, when

The snake said to the breeze, when

the blossoms remained busy with it,

The flowers were busy with it

وَضاعَ نَشرُ الرِياضِ حَتّى

وَضاعَ نَشرُ الرِياضِ حَتّى

تَعَطَّرَت بُردَةُ الشَمالِ

تَعَطَّرَت بُردَةُ الشَمالِ

and the gardens’ fragrance spread until

And the gardens lay open till

the north wind’s mantle was perfumed:

The north wind was scented,

أَما تَرى الأَرضَ كَيفَ تُثني

أَما تَرى الأَرضَ كَيفَ تُثني

عَلَيَّ مِنها لِسانُ حالي

عَلَيَّ مِنها لِسانُ حالي

“Do you not see how the earth praises

“Don’t you see how the earth bows down

me—the tongue of my condition speaking through her?

To me, with a tongue that speaks my praise?

فَاِعجَب لِإِقرارِها بِفَضلي

فَاِعجَب لِإِقرارِها بِفَضلي

وَسُكرِها بي وَشُكرِها لي

وَسُكرِها بي وَشُكرِها لي

So marvel at her acknowledgment of my merit,

How strange, her admission of my worth,

and her intoxication with me, and her thanks to me.”

Her rapture and thanks to me!”