قدم البهار مع البنفسج فاشربن

قدم البهار مع البنفسج فاشربن

نَ عليهما بين الرياض الغضه

نَ عليهما بين الرياض الغضه

The daisy has come with the violet—so drink

Set out the oxeye with the violet, and do drink

The oregano arrived with the lilac so let us drink

upon the two amid the lush gardens.

beside them both, amid the lush gardens.

upon them in the blossoming gardens

هذا كمعشوق وعاشقه وذا

هذا كمعشوق وعاشقه وذا

مثل الحزين دموعه مرفضه

مثل الحزين دموعه مرفضه

This one is like a beloved with his lover, while that one

This is like a beloved and his lover, and that

This is like a lover and his beloved and that

is like a grieving man, his tears streaming.

is like a grieving man, his tears streaming.

is like the sorrowful whose tears are wiped away

وترى البهار كأنه يا قوته

وترى البهار كأنه يا قوته

صفراء تحملها أكف بضه

صفراء تحملها أكف بضه

You see the daisy as though it were a jewel,

And you see the oxeye as though it were a sapphire,

And you see the oregano as if it, oh its fragrance

yellow, borne by soft white hands.

yellow, borne by soft, plump palms.

a yellow carried by gentle hands

قد سترت حذر الرقيب معاصماً

قد سترت حذر الرقيب معاصماً

بمطارفٍ خضرٍ وأبدت فضه

بمطارفٍ خضرٍ وأبدت فضه

Fearing the watchman, she has veiled her forearms

They have hidden their wrists for fear of the watcher,

It has hidden, cautious of the watcher, wrists

in green brocade mantles, yet revealed silver.

beneath green mantles, and revealed silver.

with green, tender sprouts that show its excellence

وجرى النضار بها فحسن خلقها

وجرى النضار بها فحسن خلقها

كمثال معشوقٍ تشكى مرضه

كمثال معشوقٍ تشكى مرضه

Gold coursed through her, beautifying her form,

And gold flowed through it, making its form beautiful,

And the blossoms flowed through it, so its nature is beautiful

like the image of a beloved suffering from illness.

like the image of a beloved lamenting his illness.

like the example of a lover complaining of her sickness

وكأنه ذاك بخدها وبنحرها

وكأنه ذاك بخدها وبنحرها

عند العيان لنا بقايا عضه

عند العيان لنا بقايا عضه

And it is as though that gold upon her cheek and throat

And that upon its cheek and throat seems

And it is as if that is upon her cheek and her throat

appears plainly to us as the lingering traces of a bite.

to our eyes like traces left by a bite.

in front of the eyes for us traces of a bite