غدوتُ على زَهْرِ الرياضِ مُسَلِّماً

غدوتُ على زَهْرِ الرياضِ مُسَلِّماً

وقد سَفَرَتْ عن أوجهٍ فيه مُسْفِرَهْ

وقد سَفَرَتْ عن أوجهٍ فيه مُسْفِرَهْ

I went in the morning to greet the gardens’ blossoms,

I went out at dawn into the garden of meadows

And they had unveiled radiant faces there.

When the unveiled faces in it had already set out on a journey

فلم أرَ كالخيريِّ فيما رأَيتُهُ

فلم أرَ كالخيريِّ فيما رأَيتُهُ

إذا ما تغَشَّتْ صفرةُ الشمس أصفره

إذا ما تغَشَّتْ صفرةُ الشمس أصفره

Among all I saw, nothing matched the wallflower,

I did not see anyone there as virtuous as my friend

When the sun’s yellow glow overspread its yellow bloom,

When the yellowness of the sun donned its yellow mantle

وقد أصبحتْ أطرافُهُ في محبَّبٍ

وقد أصبحتْ أطرافُهُ في محبَّبٍ

من الطلِّ يحكي منه أطراف إِسْوِرَه

من الطلِّ يحكي منه أطراف إِسْوِرَه

And its tips had become clothed in beads

And its edges were clothed in what was pleasing

Of dew, making them resemble the ends of bracelets.

Of dew, resembling the fringes of his bracelets