وَما رَوضَةٌ علوِيَّةٌ أَسدِيَّةٌ

وَما رَوضَةٌ علوِيَّةٌ أَسدِيَّةٌ

مُنَمنَمَةٌ زَهراءُ ذاتُ ثَرىً جَعدِ

مُنَمنَمَةٌ زَهراءُ ذاتُ ثَرىً جَعدِ

And no upland meadow of Asad,

No garden on high to Asad belongs is there,

finely patterned, radiant, with rich, moist soil,

With flowers besprent and perfumed air,

سَقاها النَّدى في غَفلَة الدَهرِ نَوءَها

سَقاها النَّدى في غَفلَة الدَهرِ نَوءَها

فَنُوّارُها يَهتَزُّ كَالكَوكَبِ السَعدِ

فَنُوّارُها يَهتَزُّ كَالكَوكَبِ السَعدِ

whose rain-star watered it with dew while Time was heedless,

That the night-rain in oblivion's hour

whose blossoms thus sway like an auspicious star,

Watered not, while the planet of good fortune there

بِأَحسَن مِن حرٍّ تَضَمَّنَ حاجَةً

بِأَحسَن مِن حرٍّ تَضَمَّنَ حاجَةً

لِحرٍّ فَأَوفى بِالنَجاحِ وَبِالرِفدِ

لِحرٍّ فَأَوفى بِالنَجاحِ وَبِالرِفدِ

is fairer than a noble man who undertook a need

Moved not in Libra, happiest of the spheres,

for a noble man, then fulfilled it with success and bounty.

With a fairer boon, or more abounding tide.