وصبيحةٍ باكرتُها في فتيةٍ

وصبيحةٍ باكرتُها في فتيةٍ

أَضحتْ لكلِّ نَفيسةٍ كالأنفس

أَضحتْ لكلِّ نَفيسةٍ كالأنفس

And a morning I greeted early among young men,

In the dawn I awoke to youthfulness

who had become like souls to every precious thing.

It became for every precious soul like souls themselves

والليلُ قد وَلَّى بعَبْسِة راحلٍ

والليلُ قد وَلَّى بعَبْسِة راحلٍ

والصبحُ قد وافَى بِبشْرِ مُعَرِّس

والصبحُ قد وافَى بِبشْرِ مُعَرِّس

And night had departed with a departing traveler's scowl,

And the night has turned with the frown of one departing

and dawn had arrived with the cheer of one halting to rest.

And the morn has come with the glad tidings of one adorned

والصبحُ قد أخفَى النجومَ كأنه

والصبحُ قد أخفَى النجومَ كأنه

سَيْلٌ يفيض على حديقةِ نرجس

سَيْلٌ يفيض على حديقةِ نرجس

And dawn had hidden the stars, as though it were

And the morn has concealed the stars as though

a flood overflowing a garden of narcissi.

A torrent pouring over a garden of narcissus