برق الربيع لنا برونق مائه

فانظر لروعةِ أرضه وسمائهِ

Spring gleamed for us with the luster of its water.

So behold the splendor of its earth and sky.

فالترب بين ممسك ومعنبر

من نوره بل مائه وروائه

For the soil is now musk-scented, now ambergris-scented,

From its blossoms—nay, its water and its beauty.

والماء بين مُصندل ومكفر

من حسن كدرته ولون صفائه

And the water is now sandalwood-scented, now camphor-scented,

From the beauty of its murkiness and the hue of its clarity.

والطير مثل المحسنات صوادح

مثل المغنّي شادياً بغنائه

And the birds, like accomplished songstresses, sing aloud,

Like a singer chanting his song.

والورد ليس بممسك رياه بل

يُهدي لنا نفحاته من مائه

And the rose does not withhold its fragrance; rather,

It offers us its fragrant wafts from its water.

زمن الربيع جلبت أزكى متجر

وجلوت للرائين خير جلائه

O season of spring, you have brought the choicest wares,

And displayed their finest splendor to onlookers.

فكأنه هذا الرئيس إذا بدا

في خلقه وصفائه وعطائه

So spring seems like this chief when he appears

In his character, his purity, and his bounty.

يعشو إليه المجتدي والمجتني

والمجتوي هو هارب بذَمائه

The gift-seeker and fruit-gatherer turn toward him,

And the one who loathes him flees with his last spark of life.

ما البحر في تزخاره والغيث في

أمطاره والجوْد في أنوائهِ

Neither the sea in its surging nor the rain in

Its showers, nor copious rain in its seasons,

بأجلَ منه مواهباً ورغائباً

لا زال هذا المجد حول فنائه

Is more splendid than he in gifts and prized favors.

May this glory ever remain around his courtyard,

والسادة الباقون سادة عصره

متمدحين بمدحه وثنائهِ

And the other lords, the lords of his age,

Take pride in praising and extolling him.