تَوَازَنَ الصَّيْفُ والشِّتَاءُ

تَوَازَنَ الصَّيْفُ والشِّتَاءُ

واعْتَدَلَ الصُّبْحُ والْمَساءُ

واعْتَدَلَ الصُّبْحُ والْمَساءُ

Summer and winter have come into balance,

Summer and winter balanced out,

And morning and evening have grown mild.

Morning and evening grew equable,

واصْطَلَحَتْ بَعْدَ طُولِ عَتْبٍ

واصْطَلَحَتْ بَعْدَ طُولِ عَتْبٍ

بَيْنَهُمَا الأَرْضُ والسَّمَاءُ

بَيْنَهُمَا الأَرْضُ والسَّمَاءُ

And after long reproach, peace has been made

After long estrangement, the earth and sky

Between earth and sky.

Made their peace.

فَلا اصْطِحارٌ وَلا اكْتِنَانٌ

فَلا اصْطِحارٌ وَلا اكْتِنَانٌ

وَلا ابْتِرادٌ وَلا اصْطِلاءُ

وَلا ابْتِرادٌ وَلا اصْطِلاءُ

So no need to seek the open air or shelter,

No scorching heat nor numbing cold,

Nor to seek coolness or warm oneself by a fire.

No bareness and no overcast.

تَبْتَهِجُ العَيْنُ في رِياضٍ

تَبْتَهِجُ العَيْنُ في رِياضٍ

أَنْضَرَها الماءُ وَالْهَواءُ

أَنْضَرَها الماءُ وَالْهَواءُ

The eye rejoices in gardens

The eyes delight in meadows

Made lush by water and air:

Water and air have turned green.

مَنَابِتٌ زَرْعُها بَهِيجٌ

مَنَابِتٌ زَرْعُها بَهِيجٌ

وَغَيْضَةٌ ماؤُها رَوَاءُ

وَغَيْضَةٌ ماؤُها رَوَاءُ

Plots whose crops are lovely,

Its crops are lush, its water sweet,

And a grove whose water is abundant and refreshing.

With birdsong in its bowers

لِلطَّيْرِ في أَيْكِها هَدِيلٌ

لِلطَّيْرِ في أَيْكِها هَدِيلٌ

وَلِلصَّبا بَيْنَها مُكَاءُ

وَلِلصَّبا بَيْنَها مُكَاءُ

The birds coo in its thickets,

And the breath of morn in its air.

And the east wind whistles among them.

The sun slips out of sight,

تَوَارَتِ الشَّمْسُ عَنْ ذراهَا

تَوَارَتِ الشَّمْسُ عَنْ ذراهَا

وَشَبَّ مِنْ زَهْرِهَا سَناءُ

وَشَبَّ مِنْ زَهْرِهَا سَناءُ

The sun has vanished from their heights,

And the dew forms pearls.

And radiance has flared from their blossoms.

Morning and noon and evening

فَالصُّبْحُ وَالظُّهْرُ وَالْعَشَايَا

فَالصُّبْحُ وَالظُّهْرُ وَالْعَشَايَا

وَالْوَهْنُ مِنْ لَيْلِها سَوَاءُ

وَالْوَهْنُ مِنْ لَيْلِها سَوَاءُ

So morning, noon, and evenings,

Melt into its gentle night.

And the late hours of their night are all alike:

No mist or cloud,

فَلا ضَبَابٌ وَلا غَمَامٌ

فَلا ضَبَابٌ وَلا غَمَامٌ

وَلا ظَلاَمٌ وَلا ضِياءُ

وَلا ظَلاَمٌ وَلا ضِياءُ

Neither fog nor clouds,

No darkness and no light.

Nor darkness nor light.

Rise, and seize youth while we can,

فَقُمْ بِنا نَغْتَنِمْ شَبَاباً

فَقُمْ بِنا نَغْتَنِمْ شَبَاباً

وَلَذَّةً بَعْدَها فَنَاءُ

وَلَذَّةً بَعْدَها فَنَاءُ

So rise with us; let us seize youth

And rapture ere decay.

And pleasure, after which comes death.

Do not brood on wishing—

وَلا تُطِلْ فِكْرَةَ التَّمَنِّي

وَلا تُطِلْ فِكْرَةَ التَّمَنِّي

فَإِنَّهُ الْحُكْمُ وَالْقَضَاءُ

فَإِنَّهُ الْحُكْمُ وَالْقَضَاءُ

And do not dwell long on wishful thinking,

Decree and fate have sway.

For it is the judgment and the decree.

All men seek their goal,

يُرِيْدُ كُلُّ امْرِئٍ مُنَاهُ

يُرِيْدُ كُلُّ امْرِئٍ مُنَاهُ

وَيَفْعَلُ اللهُ ما يَشاءُ

وَيَفْعَلُ اللهُ ما يَشاءُ

Every man wants his wishes fulfilled,

And God does as He will.

And God does what He wills.