رأيت من العيد ما سرني

رأيت من العيد ما سرني

فقد جاء منكم خطاب كريم

فقد جاء منكم خطاب كريم

I saw at Eid what delighted me,

I saw in Eid what delighted me,

For a gracious letter came from you.

For a gracious letter has come from you.

عرفت به طيب أيامكم

عرفت به طيب أيامكم

وما تأنسون به من نعيم

وما تأنسون به من نعيم

Through it I learned how pleasant your days were,

I knew through it the goodness of your days,

And of the bliss in which you take delight.

And the bliss you find pleasure in.

خطاب ذكرت به عهدكم

خطاب ذكرت به عهدكم

فأحيا بقلبي الغرام القديم

فأحيا بقلبي الغرام القديم

A letter through which I recalled my bond with you,

A letter that reminded me of your era,

And it revived the old love in my heart.

Reviving in my heart an old passion.

سطور رأيت بأثنائها

سطور رأيت بأثنائها

حبيبا رأى أن يعود النديم

حبيبا رأى أن يعود النديم

Lines amid which I saw

Lines in which I saw,

A beloved who thought the boon companion should return,

A loved one who wanted to return as a friend.

وأن يرجع العهد عهد الصفاء

وأن يرجع العهد عهد الصفاء

وفي وجهه الحلو ثغر بسوم

وفي وجهه الحلو ثغر بسوم

And the old days return—the days of unclouded affection.

And to bring back the era of purity,

And on his sweet face, a smiling mouth.

With his sweet face and blossoming smile.

وجاردن ستى عد لي عزها

وجاردن ستى عد لي عزها

وفيها تلاحين ظبي يغوم

وفيها تلاحين ظبي يغوم

And Garden City—he recounted its splendor to me,

The garden of Sixty has restored its splendor for me,

And there, the melodies of a gazelle, perhaps softly calling,

Where a gazelle frolics.

وفيها لدى العصر إذكاؤه

وفيها لدى العصر إذكاؤه

لنار الغرام بذاك النسيم

لنار الغرام بذاك النسيم

And there, in the afternoon, his kindling

Where in the afternoon its fire is rekindled

Of love’s fire with that breeze.

For the fire of love by that breeze.