بكتِ السماءُ فأضحكت سنَّ الثرى

بكتِ السماءُ فأضحكت سنَّ الثرى

بمدامعٍ نظمت عليه جوهرا

بمدامعٍ نظمت عليه جوهرا

The sky wept and made the earth’s teeth smile,

The sky wept and made the teeth of the earth laugh,

With tears that she strung upon it as jewels.

With tears it strung together into a necklace.

فكأنها خرقاء تنثر عِقدَها

فكأنها خرقاء تنثر عِقدَها

وكأنه مُستغنم أن يُنثرا

وكأنه مُستغنم أن يُنثرا

So she seemed a clumsy woman scattering her necklace,

It's as if it were a torn cloak scattering its beads,

And he seemed to welcome its scattering as a windfall.

And as if the earth was fortunate to be scattered upon.

عكفت يداه علىنظام فريده

عكفت يداه علىنظام فريده

وجمانه فرداً لذاك مثمراً

وجمانه فرداً لذاك مثمراً

His two hands devoted themselves to stringing its choice pearls,

His hands were busy with its unique composition,

And its pearl beads, one by one, as he bore fruit thereby.

And his two sides made it a fruitful one.

واعاده ابهى لطرف منظراً

واعاده ابهى لطرف منظراً

واعدّه اذكى لانف مَخبَرا

واعدّه اذكى لانف مَخبَرا

And he restored it, a more splendid sight for the eye,

He returned it more beautiful to the beholder,

And readied it, more fragrant in essence to the nose.

And made it more wise for the nose that smells it.

فانظر محاسن للربيع تبرّجت

فانظر محاسن للربيع تبرّجت

لولا الربيعُ لما تجلّت للورى

لولا الربيعُ لما تجلّت للورى

So behold the beauties of spring, displaying their charms;

So look how the beauties of spring adorned themselves,

Were it not for spring, they would not have revealed themselves to humankind.

If not for spring, they'd not have appeared to creation.