وآذَرَيُونٍ مثلِ خدِّ مُتَيَّمٍ

وآذَرَيُونٍ مثلِ خدِّ مُتَيَّمٍ

لأحشائه خوفَ الفراق وجيبُ

لأحشائه خوفَ الفراق وجيبُ

And marigolds, like the cheek of a lovesick lover

Like Mutayyam's devoted servant, whose heart

whose heart throbs for fear of parting,

Is filled with the fear of parting,

شموسٌ لها من حين تطلعُ شمسُها

شموسٌ لها من حين تطلعُ شمسُها

طلوعٌ وفي وقت الغروب غروبُ

طلوعٌ وفي وقت الغروب غروبُ

are suns that, when their sun rises,

They have suns that, from the moment they rise,

rise, and at the hour of sunset, set.

Have a rising, and at the setting time, a setting,

تُفَتِّح إن لاحت سروراً بضوئها

تُفَتِّح إن لاحت سروراً بضوئها

كما سُرَّ بالرأي المصيب مصيبُ

كما سُرَّ بالرأي المصيب مصيبُ

They open when it appears, rejoicing in its light,

When joy appears, they bloom open with their light,

as one who judges rightly rejoices in a sound judgment.

As one made happy by good counsel is made happy,

وتنضمّ إن جاء الظلام كأنّه

وتنضمّ إن جاء الظلام كأنّه

رقيبٌ عليها والضياءُ حبيبُ

رقيبٌ عليها والضياءُ حبيبُ

And they close when darkness comes, as though it were

And when darkness comes they close together as if

a watcher over them, while light is their beloved.

It were a guard over them while the light is their beloved.