طيَّبَ داري ليَ الشتاءُ وهلْ

طيَّبَ داري ليَ الشتاءُ وهلْ

شيءٌ كشيءٍ يُطَيِّبُ الدُّورا

شيءٌ كشيءٍ يُطَيِّبُ الدُّورا

Winter has made my house delightful to me; and can

Winter has made my abode pleasant for me

anything match what makes houses delightful?

Is there anything like something that makes homes pleasant?

بالصَّحْنِ والسَّطْحِ والمجالِس وال

بالصَّحْنِ والسَّطْحِ والمجالِس وال

رواقِ ما إِنْ أَزالُ مسرورا

رواقِ ما إِنْ أَزالُ مسرورا

In the courtyard, on the roof, in the sitting rooms, and the

With the courtyard, roof, sitting area and porch

portico, I never cease to be delighted;

I have not ceased being delighted

وبالحياضِ التي تتيهُ على

وبالحياضِ التي تتيهُ على

مُحَبَّراتِ الرياضِ تحبيرا

مُحَبَّراتِ الرياضِ تحبيرا

and by the pools, which proudly surpass

And with the gardens that meander through

the richly adorned gardens in splendor.

The flowerbeds of the meadows blooming

لله يومٌ هناكَ قد ضَرَبَ ال

لله يومٌ هناكَ قد ضَرَبَ ال

غيمُ لنا دونَ شَمْسِهِ سُورا

غيمُ لنا دونَ شَمْسِهِ سُورا

What a day there, when the

By God, one day the clouds gathered there

clouds had raised a wall for us against its sun!

Cut off its sun and erected a wall for us

يومٌ مآزيبنا مُعَارِضَةٌ

يومٌ مآزيبنا مُعَارِضَةٌ

فيه بأَصواتِها الطَّنابيرا

فيه بأَصواتِها الطَّنابيرا

A day when our rainspouts rivaled

A day when our troubles competed

the lutes with their voices.

With their bugle calls

والسُّحْبُ مشغولةٌ بِبِرْكَتنا

والسُّحْبُ مشغولةٌ بِبِرْكَتنا

تصوغُ من مائها قواريرا

تصوغُ من مائها قواريرا

And the clouds are busy with our pool,

And the clouds were preoccupied with blessing us

fashioning glass flasks from its water.

Molded from their water, pitchers

والكأسُ تُجْلَى على يَدَيْ رشأٍ

والكأسُ تُجْلَى على يَدَيْ رشأٍ

تكسو عقيقَ المُدامِ بَلُّورا

تكسو عقيقَ المُدامِ بَلُّورا

And the cup is unveiled in a young gazelle’s hands,

And the cup was polished in experienced hands

clothing the wine’s carnelian in crystal.

Adorning the wine with crystals

تخالُ أصداغه وَطُرَّتَهَ

تخالُ أصداغه وَطُرَّتَهَ

مِسْكاً وما تحتَ ذاك كافورا

مِسْكاً وما تحتَ ذاك كافورا

You would take his sidelocks and his forelock for

You'd think its cheeks and edges were musk

musk, and what lies beneath them for camphor.

And beneath that was camphor

يا طالبَ الرزقِ في الشتاءِ دعِ الر

يا طالبَ الرزقِ في الشتاءِ دعِ الر

زقَ إلى الصيفِ يأتِ موفورا

زقَ إلى الصيفِ يأتِ موفورا

O seeker of livelihood in winter, leave

O you who seek provision in winter, leave provision

livelihood until summer; it will come in abundance.

To come in summer abundantly

هيَ المقاديرُ لستَ تَقْدِرُ أنْ

هيَ المقاديرُ لستَ تَقْدِرُ أنْ

تَعْدُوَ أَرزاقُكَ المقاديرا

تَعْدُوَ أَرزاقُكَ المقاديرا

It is fate; you cannot make

These are the decrees, you cannot will

your sustenance exceed fate’s decrees.

Your provision to exceed the decrees