يا بَرقُ عُج من غَيرِ أَينِ

يا بَرقُ عُج من غَيرِ أَينِ

سَحَراً بوادي النَّيرَيينِ

سَحَراً بوادي النَّيرَيينِ

O lightning, turn aside without weariness

O lightning, emerge without knowing where,

at dawn, to the valley of al-Nayrayyin.

like magic in the valley of two rivers,

ولكم به من جنتين

ولكم به من جنتين

محفوفتين بكوثرين

محفوفتين بكوثرين

And how many pairs of gardens it holds,

how much it has quenched our thirst, not a remedy,

encircled by two Kawthar streams!

between the basil of virgins and rose heads of two cheeks,

ومهُزجين على ذُرى

ومهُزجين على ذُرى

أَشجاره ومُزمِّلينِ

أَشجاره ومُزمِّلينِ

And two singers upon the heights

I ransom it from a moon that appeared in Scorpio,

of its trees, and two cloaked ones,

in two black ones, adorned,

في عُرسِ نُوَّار الجِنا

في عُرسِ نُوَّار الجِنا

نِ تَراقصانِ مُصفِّقينِ

نِ تَراقصانِ مُصفِّقينِ

at the wedding of the gardens' blossoms,

and two whites, rose-colored,

the two dance together, clapping.

and it has a brook, its musk has flowed

وَخميلَىٍ تختالُ من

وَخميلَىٍ تختالُ من

خطرتِها في حُلَّتينِ

خطرتِها في حُلَّتينِ

And a leafy grove, proud of

in two camps of camphor,

its swaying step, in two robes,

O lightning, pass in its lights,

مُتنميَنِ مُسَهَّمينِ

مُتنميَنِ مُسَهَّمينِ

مُدَرهَمَينِ مُدَنَّرَينِ

مُدَرهَمَينِ مُدَنَّرَينِ

both ornamented [unclear], both arrow-patterned,

every day two times,

both dirham-patterned, both dinar-patterned,

and if you ride the clouds,

لَكَ كالعَرائس تُجتَلى

لَكَ كالعَرائس تُجتَلى

عِندَ العِيانِ لِكُلِّ عَينِ

عِندَ العِيانِ لِكُلِّ عَينِ

unveiled for you like brides,

with two black stallions,

in full view, for every eye.

then undo my seal, my compiler,

كَم قَد سَقانا رِيمها ال

كَم قَد سَقانا رِيمها ال

شافي سُلافَ الرَّاحَتَينِ

شافي سُلافَ الرَّاحَتَينِ

How often its gazelle has poured us—the

two clasped, two ambergris scented,

healing one—the choicest wine from two palms,

and inscribe with the pens of life,

ما بَينَ رَيحانِ العِذَارِ

ما بَينَ رَيحانِ العِذَارِ

وُروسِ وَردِ الوجنتَينِ

وُروسِ وَردِ الوجنتَينِ

between the basil of the sideburns

and detail the embroidery of two cheeks,

and the saffron-like dye of both cheeks' roses.

enchanted in the valley of two rivers,

أَفديهِ مِن قَمَر غَدا

أَفديهِ مِن قَمَر غَدا

لَمَّا بدا في عَقربَينِ

لَمَّا بدا في عَقربَينِ

I would ransom him—a moon that came to be,

for you from two gardens,

when it appeared, in two Scorpios:

surrounded by two Kauthars,

في أَسودَينِ مُحَجَّلينِ

في أَسودَينِ مُحَجَّلينِ

وَأَبيضينِ مُوَرَّدينِ

وَأَبيضينِ مُوَرَّدينِ

in two black ones, white-stockinged,

and combined on particles,

and two white ones, rose-tinted.

its trees and bundled up,

وَلَهُ أَسيلٌ مِسكُهُ

وَلَهُ أَسيلٌ مِسكُهُ

قَد سارَ في كافُورَتينِ

قَد سارَ في كافُورَتينِ

And he has a smooth cheek whose musk

in the wedding of the jinn's light,

has spread through two camphor-white cheeks.

dancing and clapping,

يا بَرقُ مُرَّ بِروقِهِ

يا بَرقُ مُرَّ بِروقِهِ

في كُلِّ يَومِ مَرتينِ

في كُلِّ يَومِ مَرتينِ

O lightning, pass by his tent's awning

and aroused from its gait in two suits,

twice each day.

humming, infatuated,

وإِذا رَكبِتَ منَ الغَما

وإِذا رَكبِتَ منَ الغَما

مِ بأَسودَينِ مُصَولجينِ

مِ بأَسودَينِ مُصَولجينِ

And when you ride from the clouds

silvered, gilded,

on two black steeds equipped with polo mallets,

like brides being adorned,

فَافضُض ختامِي عارِضي

فَافضُض ختامِي عارِضي

نِ مُمسَّكينِ مُعَنبرينِ

نِ مُمسَّكينِ مُعَنبرينِ

then break the two seals of two rainclouds,

in the eyes of all eyes.

both musk-scented, both ambergris-scented;

وارقُم بأَقلامِ الحَيا ال

وارقُم بأَقلامِ الحَيا ال

وَسميَّ طِرزَ الغُوطَتَينِ

وَسميَّ طِرزَ الغُوطَتَينِ

and embroider with the pens of the rain—

early-autumn rain—the border of the two Ghoutas.