يوْمٌ كأنّ نسِيمَهُ

يوْمٌ كأنّ نسِيمَهُ

نفحاتُ كافورٍ ومسكِ

نفحاتُ كافورٍ ومسكِ

A day—as though its breeze were

A day whose breeze

wafts of camphor and musk;

Is wafts of camphor and musk

وكأنّ قَطْرَ سمائهِ

وكأنّ قَطْرَ سمائهِ

دُرٌّ هَوى من نظم سِلكِ

دُرٌّ هَوى من نظم سِلكِ

and as though the rain from its sky were

And whose raindrops

pearls fallen loose from a string.

Are pearls fallen from a necklace

مُتَغَيّرٌ غيناً وصَح

مُتَغَيّرٌ غيناً وصَح

واً مثل ما حدّثْتُ عنكِ

واً مثل ما حدّثْتُ عنكِ

Changeable, cloudy and clear-

Changing color, laughing and crying

skied, like what I have said of you;

Just as I described you

كالطفلِ يُمنَحُ ثم يُمْ

كالطفلِ يُمنَحُ ثم يُمْ

نَعُ ثم يضْحَكُ ثم يبكي

نَعُ ثم يضْحَكُ ثم يبكي

like a child who is given something, then de-

Like a child who is given, then denied,

nied, then laughs, then cries.

Then laughs, then cries