أَشهدَattested الخيريُّthe wallflower أَنَّthat الخيرgood فيin
أَشهدَ الخيريُّ أَنَّ الخير في
نقضِretracting ماwhat اخطأَit got wrong فيهin it أولاat first
نقضِ ما اخطأَ فيه أولا
The wallflower attested that good lies in
The goodness witnessed that goodness is in
retracting what it first got wrong,
Undoing what was wrongly done first
موقناًbeing certain أَنthat البهارَthe yellow narcissus المرتضىthe favored
موقناً أَن البهارَ المرتضى
بَهرَoutshone الاملاكَthe kings حالاًin bearing وحُلاand in finery
بَهرَ الاملاكَ حالاً وحُلا
certain that the favored yellow narcissus
Convinced that the Chosen Spring
outshone kings in bearing and finery.
Dazzled the angels, state and attire
فهوَfor it is الموقظُthe awakener of انوارَthe blossoms الرُّباthe hills
فهوَ الموقظُ انوارَ الرُّبا
منfrom سناتٍslumbers فيهاin them البِلاdecay
من سناتٍ فيها البِلا
For it awakens the blossoms of the hills
So it is the awakener of the lights of lordliness
from slumbers in which decay dwells.
From years in which there was misery