أَوْمَضَ بَرْقُ الخَجَلِ

أَوْمَضَ بَرْقُ الخَجَلِ

فانهَلَّ غيثُ المُقَلِ

فانهَلَّ غيثُ المُقَلِ

The lightning of bashfulness flashed,

The lightning of shyness flashed,

The lightning of bashfulness flashed,

and the rain of eyes came pouring down.

and the eyes' rain came pouring down,

then the rain of the eyes poured down.

وافتَرَّ روضُ الحُبِّ عن

وافتَرَّ روضُ الحُبِّ عن

نُور الصبا والغَزَلِ

نُور الصبا والغَزَلِ

Love’s garden smiled open, revealing

and the garden of love broke into a smile, baring

And love’s garden smiled, revealing

the radiance of youth and amorous verse.

the light of youth and love-play,

the radiance of youth and courtship.

وهَزَّ أَغصانَ القُدو

وهَزَّ أَغصانَ القُدو

دِ سَجْعُ أَطيارِ الحُلِي

دِ سَجْعُ أَطيارِ الحُلِي

And stirred the boughs of those graceful

and the boughs of their willowy

And the branches of slender figures were stirred

figures—the warbling of jewelry’s birds.

statures were shaken by the cooing birds of their jewels,

by the cooing of the birds of jewelry.

وانآدَ دَوْحُ اللَّهْوِ من

وانآدَ دَوْحُ اللَّهْوِ من

حَمْلِ ثمارِ الجَذَلِ

حَمْلِ ثمارِ الجَذَلِ

And the grove of pleasure bowed beneath

and the spreading tree of revelry bowed low beneath

And the great trees of merriment bent beneath

the burden of the fruits of joy.

the burden of the fruits of joy.

the weight of the fruits of joy.