وَلَّىdeparted الشَّبابُyouth حَمِيداًpraiseworthy حينwhen وَرَّثَنِيbequeathed to me
وَلَّى الشَّبابُ حَمِيداً حين وَرَّثَنِي
مَجْداًglory وشِعْراًand poetry يُحاكيresembles زَاهِيَbrightly colored الحِبَرِthe patterned fabrics
مَجْداً وشِعْراً يُحاكي زَاهِيَ الحِبَرِ
Youth departed, worthy of praise, when it bequeathed me
Youth has departed, leaving me glory and poetry to match the splendor of ink,
glory and poetry resembling brightly patterned fabrics.
If my nature pours forth poetry whose delicacy is pleasing,
إنif جادgave generously طَبْعِيmy natural gift بشِعْرٍwith verse راقَdelighted رائِقُهُits pure essence
إن جاد طَبْعِي بشِعْرٍ راقَ رائِقُهُ
لاdo not تُنْكرُواfind strange رِقَّةًtenderness فيin نَسْمَةِthe breeze السَّحَرِthe predawn hours
لا تُنْكرُوا رِقَّةً في نَسْمَةِ السَّحَرِ
If my natural gift yields verse whose purity delights,
Do not deny there is tenderness in the morning breeze.
do not find tenderness strange in the breeze before dawn.
Partial English translation: 3 of 4 Arabic lines translated.
Sol 6.1