حَيَّتْكَ بِكْرٌ من بَنا

حَيَّتْكَ بِكْرٌ من بَنا

تِ الروْضِ أعْجَلَها ابْتِكارُ

تِ الروْضِ أعْجَلَها ابْتِكارُ

A maiden greeted you, one of the daughters

A virgin bud from the garden's daughters

of the garden, hastened by an early start.

Hastened to bloom though not yet her season

طَلَعتْ لِغَيْرِ أوانِها

طَلَعتْ لِغَيْرِ أوانِها

فَلِذاكَ ما اصفرَّ البَهارُ

فَلِذاكَ ما اصفرَّ البَهارُ

She appeared out of season;

Thus the spring flowers did not yet yellow

and that is why the bahār flower turned yellow.

She came foretelling the approach of spring

جاءَتْكَ مُنْبِئَةً بإقْ

جاءَتْكَ مُنْبِئَةً بإقْ

بال الرَّبيعِ لَها ابْتِدار

بال الرَّبيعِ لَها ابْتِدار

She came to you announcing the approach

Adorned with myrrh, veiled in modesty

of spring, hastening to be first.

As though a cheek girt round with perfume

مَحْفُوفَةً بالآسِ مِنْ

مَحْفُوفَةً بالآسِ مِنْ

هُ على مَحاسِنِها خِمارُ

هُ على مَحاسِنِها خِمارُ

Surrounded by myrtle, with

a veil of it over her charms,

فَكأنَّها ما بَيْنَهُ

فَكأنَّها ما بَيْنَهُ

خَدٌّ أحاطَ بِهِ عِذارُ

خَدٌّ أحاطَ بِهِ عِذارُ

she seems, there amid it,

a cheek encircled by sideburns.