غرّدَsang الطيرُthe birds .. لصُبحٍfor a dawn أطلَعكbrought you forth
غرّدَ الطيرُ .. لصُبحٍ أطلَعك
واستفاقand awoke الوردُthe roses فيin زهوٍsplendor .. معكwith you
واستفاق الوردُ في زهوٍ .. معك
The birds sang for a dawn that brought you forth.
The birds chirped for a morning that revealed you,
And the roses awoke in splendor with you.
And roses awoke in a splendor with you,
وانحَنتْand bowed للكونِto the universe شمسٌa sun خلُـتهاI imagined it
وانحَنتْ للكونِ شمسٌ خلُـتها
غادَرتْhad left عرشَthe throne of السّماthe sky كَيin order to تَتبعكfollow you
غادَرتْ عرشَ السّما كَي تَتبعك
And a sun bowed to the universe—I imagined it
A sun bowed to the universe that it created,
had left the sky’s throne to follow you.
It left the throne of the sky so it could follow you.