ألم تَرَ أنواءَ الربيع كأنما

ألم تَرَ أنواءَ الربيع كأنما

نَشَرنَ على الآفا وَشيَاً مُذهّبا

نَشَرنَ على الآفا وَشيَاً مُذهّبا

Have you not seen the spring showers, as though

Have you not seen the spring breeze as though

they spread gilded brocade across the horizons?

It spread golden veils over the meadows?

فمن شجرٍ أظهرنَ فيه طَلاقَةً

فمن شجرٍ أظهرنَ فيه طَلاقَةً

وكان عَبُوسا قبلَهُن مُقَطَّبا

وكان عَبُوسا قبلَهُن مُقَطَّبا

Thus they revealed cheerfulness in many a tree,

From a tree it brought ease and relief

though before them it had been sullen and scowling;

Which before was frowning and broken.

ومن روضَةٍ قَضَّى الشتاء حِدَادهَا

ومن روضَةٍ قَضَّى الشتاء حِدَادهَا

فَوشَّحنَ عطفَيهَا مُلاءً مُطَيَّبا

فَوشَّحنَ عطفَيهَا مُلاءً مُطَيَّبا

and many a meadow had spent the winter in mourning,

From a garden which winter had clad in mourning

so they draped its two flanks in fragrant mantles.

It clothed its branches in robes of sweet scent.

سقاها سُلافُ الغيثِ رَيَّاً فأصبَحت

سقاها سُلافُ الغيثِ رَيَّاً فأصبَحت

تَمايَلُ سُكراً كلما هَبَّت الصبَّا

تَمايَلُ سُكراً كلما هَبَّت الصبَّا

The rain's pure wine gave it its fill, and it began

The rain clouds watered it with drafts of drink

to sway drunkenly whenever the east wind blew,

Till in intoxication it sways when the zephyrs blow soft.

كأنَّ سجَايا شيرزاد تَمدُّها

كأنَّ سجَايا شيرزاد تَمدُّها

فقد أمنت من أن تُحولَ وتَشحُبا

فقد أمنت من أن تُحولَ وتَشحُبا

as though Shirzad's virtues sustained it,

As if Sherazad's locks it caressed and adorned

for it was safe from fading and growing pale.

For it was safe now and would not fade or turn sere.