أما ترى الروض جوهريّاً

أما ترى الروض جوهريّاً

يَنظِم دُرَّ السما مَلِيّاً

يَنظِم دُرَّ السما مَلِيّاً

Do you not see the garden as a jeweler,

Do you not see the garden glittering,

Stringing the sky’s pearls for a long while?

Arranging the pearls of heaven beautifully,

والنَور من فضّة وتِبر

والنَور من فضّة وتِبر

متى غدا النبتُ صيرفيّا

متى غدا النبتُ صيرفيّا

And the blossoms are of silver and gold—

The light of silver and ingots,

When did the plants become a moneychanger?

When will the plants become like chains?

حتى كأن الربيع مَلك

حتى كأن الربيع مَلك

يُحيى له نَورَها البهَّيا

يُحيى له نَورَها البهَّيا

So much so that spring seems a king,

As if spring were a king,

Reviving its splendid blossoms for himself.

Reviving its splendid light,

ترى نواويرَهُ كتِبر

ترى نواويرَهُ كتِبر

محضٍ وآذارُ قِسطِريَّا

محضٍ وآذارُ قِسطِريَّا

You see its blossoms like gold,

You see its fountains like ingots

Pure, and March as an assayer,

Pure and March like registers,

قد مدَّ نطعاً على رُباها

قد مدَّ نطعاً على رُباها

ينتقد المحضَ والرديّا

ينتقد المحضَ والرديّا

Who has spread a leather mat over its hills,

It has extended a texture on its hills,

Assaying the pure and the inferior,

Criticizing the pure and base,

مثلَ انتقاد العُلا أبا عمرو

مثلَ انتقاد العُلا أبا عمرو

نجلَ عبّاد السَرِيّا

نجلَ عبّاد السَرِيّا

Like glory’s assaying of Abu Amr,

Like the criticism of Abū 'Amr, the eminent,

The noble son of Abbad,

The son of the chiefs of As-Sarīyā,

أَلراجِحَ الواضحَ المحيّا

أَلراجِحَ الواضحَ المحيّا

والحُوَّلَ القُلَّبَ الكمِيّا

والحُوَّلَ القُلَّبَ الكمِيّا

Of surpassing worth, radiant of countenance,

The outstanding, the bright, the live,

And the resourceful, shrewd, armored warrior,

The fickle, the frequent, the abundant,

والمنجِبِ المعجِب افتناناً

والمنجِبِ المعجِب افتناناً

والمنبِه المِدرَه الذكيَّا

والمنبِه المِدرَه الذكيَّا

And the accomplished one, wondrous in his versatility,

And the amazing, the alert, the wise.

And the renowned, eloquent, intelligent champion.