فالروض عقفت الصبا اصداغه

فالروض عقفت الصبا اصداغه

والموج صفقت الشمال طرارهُ

والموج صفقت الشمال طرارهُ

The east wind has curled the garden's sidelocks,

The breeze halted at its boughs,

and the north wind has buffeted the waves' forelocks.

And the waves clapped the north wind's pride.

وأظن دجله اسلمت أو ما راي

وأظن دجله اسلمت أو ما راي

ت الجسر يقطع وسطها زناره

ت الجسر يقطع وسطها زناره

And I think the Tigris has embraced Islam—or have you not seen

I reckon Tigris submitted, though I did not see,

the bridge severing the girdle around her waist?

The bridge cutting through its waistband.

وحكى بناء المجد فيها غارس

وحكى بناء المجد فيها غارس

غرس الصنائع حولها اشجاره

غرس الصنائع حولها اشجاره

And a planter there emulated glory's edifice,

And it told of erecting glory in it, planting

planting benefactions around it as his trees.

The trees of crafts around it.

قد صور الفلك المدار كأنه

قد صور الفلك المدار كأنه

انشاه قبل كيانه وأداره

انشاه قبل كيانه وأداره

He has portrayed the revolving celestial sphere, as though

The orbit depicted it as if

he created it before it existed and set it turning.

It had created and rotated it before its existence.

وبنى على شرف الثريا قصره

وبنى على شرف الثريا قصره

وطحا على فلك النعائم داره

وطحا على فلك النعائم داره

And he built his palace upon the heights of the Pleiades,

And built on the honor of wealth his palace,

and spread his dwelling over the sphere of the Ostriches.

And settled on the orbit of comforts his house.

فالشيد يصقل صانعوه لجيته

فالشيد يصقل صانعوه لجيته

والساج ينقش مخلصوه نضاره

والساج ينقش مخلصوه نضاره

The plaster's craftsmen polish its silver,

So the builder polishes it for his glory,

and the teak's finishers engrave its gold.

And the carpenter engraves his devotion and youth.

شغلت خواطرنا ولحظ عيوننا

شغلت خواطرنا ولحظ عيوننا

مذ صار يجعل طرزه أشعاره

مذ صار يجعل طرزه أشعاره

Our thoughts and our eyes' gaze have been captivated,

It occupied our thoughts and glanced our eyes

since he began making his verses its embroidered bands.

Since it started composing its motifs into poems.

أوسع مثالا ان خطرت بباله

أوسع مثالا ان خطرت بباله

ونل السماء إذا بلغت دياره

ونل السماء إذا بلغت دياره

Grow grander in form if you cross his mind,

Vaster example if there crossed his mind,

and attain the sky when you reach his dwellings.

And reached the sky when his abodes came to it.

ينسى العمالق واصف اخباره

ينسى العمالق واصف اخباره

ويهين مصر معدد امصاره

ويهين مصر معدد امصاره

Whoever describes his deeds forgets the Amalekites,

It makes the giant forget telling his tales

and whoever numbers his cities belittles Egypt.

And disgraces Egypt counting its cities.