أبشر فقد سفر الثرى عن بشرهِ

أبشر فقد سفر الثرى عن بشرهِ

وأتاك ينشرُ ما طوى من نشرهِ

وأتاك ينشرُ ما طوى من نشرهِ

Rejoice, for the earth has unveiled its smiling face.

Rejoice, for the veil of earth has unveiled its face,

And has come to you, spreading the fragrance it had folded away.

And come to you spreading what it had folded of its pages,

متحصناً من حسنهِ في معقلٍ

متحصناً من حسنهِ في معقلٍ

عقلَ العيون على رعايةِ زهرهِ

عقلَ العيون على رعايةِ زهرهِ

Fortified within a stronghold made of its beauty,

Fortified in its beauty in an impenetrable stronghold,

That bound the eyes to keeping watch over its blossoms.

The minds fixed on guarding its blossom.

فضَّ الربيع ختامه فبدا لنا

فضَّ الربيع ختامه فبدا لنا

ما كان من سرّائه في سرّهِ

ما كان من سرّائه في سرّهِ

Spring broke its seal, and there appeared to us

Spring has opened its seal, so we saw,

The delights that had lain within its secret heart.

What had been of its mysteries in its secret.

من بعد ما سحبَ السحابُ ذيوله

من بعد ما سحبَ السحابُ ذيوله

فيه ودرَّ عليه أَنفَس دُرّهِ

فيه ودرَّ عليه أَنفَس دُرّهِ

After the clouds had trailed their hems

After the clouds had folded their hems,

Across it, and poured upon it their most precious pearls.

And poured upon it the gentlest of its pearls.

فأجِل جفونكَ فيه تجلُ صَداً

فأجِل جفونكَ فيه تجلُ صَداً

بها لولا انبراءُ جماله لم تبرهِ

بها لولا انبراءُ جماله لم تبرهِ

So let your eyelids roam over it; you will polish away rust

Lower your eyelids before it, to shield from its splendor,

Within them, which you would not have worn away had its beauty not emerged.

For if not for the rising of its beauty, you would not bear it.

واشكُر لآذارٍ بدائع ما ترى

واشكُر لآذارٍ بدائع ما ترى

من حسنِ منظره جماله لم تبرهِ

من حسنِ منظره جماله لم تبرهِ

And thank March for the marvels you see

And thank March for the wonders you see,

Of the beauty of its appearance—its beauty you have not worn away.

Of the beauty of its spectacle, its peer and its wonders.

واشكُر لآذارٍ بدائع ما ترى

واشكُر لآذارٍ بدائع ما ترى

من حسن منظره النضير وخُبرهِ

من حسن منظره النضير وخُبرهِ

And thank March for the marvels you see

A month as if Al-Hajjaj ibn Muhammad,

In the beauty of its radiant appearance and its inner nature.

Had cast upon it a touch of his cheerfulness.

شهرٌ كأن الحاجب بن َ محمد

شهرٌ كأن الحاجب بن َ محمد

ألقى عليه مسحةً من بشرهِ

ألقى عليه مسحةً من بشرهِ

A month—as though the chamberlain Ibn Muhammad

A king who captured our souls with noble deeds,

Had cast upon it a touch of his cheerfulness.

That made for him the horizon a crown.

ملكٌ تملّكَ رقّنا بمكارمٍ

ملكٌ تملّكَ رقّنا بمكارمٍ

جعلت له غفر النجوم كعفرهِ

جعلت له غفر النجوم كعفرهِ

A king who won our servitude through noble deeds,

The affairs of its time are still in captivity,

That made Ghafr among the stars like his own dust.

For I have seen in it my love in all captivity.

لا زال خطبُ زمانه في اسرِهِ

لا زال خطبُ زمانه في اسرِهِ

فلقد رأيتُ به هوايَ بأسرهِ

فلقد رأيتُ به هوايَ بأسرهِ

May the adversity of his age remain forever his captive,

For in him I have found all my heart's desire.