عَمَّ الْحَيَا وَاسْتَنَّتِ الْجَدَاوِلُ

عَمَّ الْحَيَا وَاسْتَنَّتِ الْجَدَاوِلُ

وَفَاضَتِ الْغُدْرَانُ وَالْمَنَاهِلُ

وَفَاضَتِ الْغُدْرَانُ وَالْمَنَاهِلُ

The rain spread everywhere, and the streams coursed swiftly.

The life flourished and the streams gushed

And the pools and watering places overflowed.

And the springs overflowed and the ponds filled

وَازَّيَّنَتْ بِنَوْرِهَا الْخَمَائِلُ

وَازَّيَّنَتْ بِنَوْرِهَا الْخَمَائِلُ

وَغَرَّدَتْ فِي أَيْكِهَا الْبَلابِلُ

وَغَرَّدَتْ فِي أَيْكِهَا الْبَلابِلُ

And the lush groves adorned themselves with their blossoms.

Adorned with its light are the beautiful maidens

And the nightingales warbled in their thickets.

And the bulbuls chirped in their bowers

وَشَمِلَ الْبِقَاعَ خَيْرٌ شَامِلُ

وَشَمِلَ الْبِقَاعَ خَيْرٌ شَامِلُ

فَصَفْحَةُ الأَرْضِ نَبَاتٌ خَائِلُ

فَصَفْحَةُ الأَرْضِ نَبَاتٌ خَائِلُ

And an all-embracing bounty encompassed the lands.

Goodness has spread over the land

So the earth's face is luxuriant growth;

And the face of earth is verdant

وَجَبْهَةُ الْجَوِّ غَمَامٌ حَافِلُ

وَجَبْهَةُ الْجَوِّ غَمَامٌ حَافِلُ

وَبَيْنَ هَذَيْنِ نَسِيمٌ حَائِلُ

وَبَيْنَ هَذَيْنِ نَسِيمٌ حَائِلُ

And the sky's brow is a rain-laden cloud;

And the sky's brow is laden with clouds

And between these two is an intervening breeze;

Between the two blows a separating wind

تَنْدَى بِهِ الأَسْحَارُ وَالأَصَائِلُ

تَنْدَى بِهِ الأَسْحَارُ وَالأَصَائِلُ

كَأَنَّمَا النَّبَاتُ بَحْرٌ هَائِلُ

كَأَنَّمَا النَّبَاتُ بَحْرٌ هَائِلُ

With it, the predawn hours and late afternoons grow dewy.

With it the dawns and the evenings dew

As though the vegetation were an immense sea,

As if the vegetation is a vast ocean

وَلَيْسَ إِلَّا الأَكَمَاتِ سَاحِلُ

وَلَيْسَ إِلَّا الأَكَمَاتِ سَاحِلُ

وَشَامِخُ الدَّوْحِ سَفِينٌ جَافِلُ

وَشَامِخُ الدَّوْحِ سَفِينٌ جَافِلُ

And there were no shore but the hillocks;

And the hills are nothing but its coast

And the towering trees are ships in swift motion,

And the lofty palms are sailing ships

مُعْتَدِلٌ طَوْراً وَطَوْرَاً مَائِلُ

مُعْتَدِلٌ طَوْراً وَطَوْرَاً مَائِلُ

تَهْفُو بِهِ الْجَنُوبُ وَالشَّمَائِلُ

تَهْفُو بِهِ الْجَنُوبُ وَالشَّمَائِلُ

Upright at times, at times leaning,

Inclining now this way, now that way

The south wind and the north winds set them swaying.

Swayed by the south winds and the breezes

وَالْبَاسِقَاتُ الشُّمَّخُ الْحَوَامِلُ

وَالْبَاسِقَاتُ الشُّمَّخُ الْحَوَامِلُ

مَشْمُورَةٌ عَنْ سُوقِهَا الذَّلاذِلُ

مَشْمُورَةٌ عَنْ سُوقِهَا الذَّلاذِلُ

And the tall, towering, fruit-bearing palms

And the tall and mighty trees

Have their trailing hems tucked up above their trunks;

Famous for their long and trailing branches

مَلْوِيَّةٌ فِي جِيدِهَا الْعَثَاكِلُ

مَلْوِيَّةٌ فِي جِيدِهَا الْعَثَاكِلُ

مَعْقُودَةٌ فِي رَأْسِهَا الْفَلائِلُ

مَعْقُودَةٌ فِي رَأْسِهَا الْفَلائِلُ

Their date clusters are wound around their necks,

Winding at their stems and flexuous

Their tresses are tied atop their heads.

Clustered at their heads are the tresses

لِلْبُسْرِ فِيهَا قَانِئٌ وَنَاصِلُ

لِلْبُسْرِ فِيهَا قَانِئٌ وَنَاصِلُ

مُخَضَّبٌ كَأَنَّهُ الأَنَامِلُ

مُخَضَّبٌ كَأَنَّهُ الأَنَامِلُ

Of the unripe dates upon them, some are deep red and some pale,

Among them the ripe dates have stalks and clusters

Dyed, as though they were fingertips;

Red as if they were fingers

كَأَنَّهُ مِنْ ذَهَبٍ قَنَادِلُ

كَأَنَّهُ مِنْ ذَهَبٍ قَنَادِلُ

مِنَ الْعَرَاجِينِ لَهَا سَلاسِلُ

مِنَ الْعَرَاجِينِ لَهَا سَلاسِلُ

As though they were lanterns made of gold,

As though of gold pieces were the pendants

Their chains are made of date-cluster stalks.

With silver chains binding them

لِلْمَنْجَنُونِ بَيْنَهَا أَزَامِلُ

لِلْمَنْجَنُونِ بَيْنَهَا أَزَامِلُ

تَخَالُهَا مَحْزُونَةً تُسَائِلُ

تَخَالُهَا مَحْزُونَةً تُسَائِلُ

The waterwheel creaks among them;

Among them are fruits in dense clusters

You would think it sorrowful, asking questions.

You'd imagine them sad, questioning

لَهَا دُمُوعٌ ذُرَّفٌ هَوَامِلُ

لَهَا دُمُوعٌ ذُرَّفٌ هَوَامِلُ

كَأَنَّهَا أُمُّ بَنِينَ ثَاكِلُ

كَأَنَّهَا أُمُّ بَنِينَ ثَاكِلُ

It has copious, freely flowing tears,

With flowing tears welling from within

As though it were a mother bereaved of her sons.

As if a mother bereft of children

فِي جِيدِهَا مِنْ ضَفْرِهَا حَبَائِلُ

فِي جِيدِهَا مِنْ ضَفْرِهَا حَبَائِلُ

مِنَ الْقَوَادِيسِ لَهَا جَلاجِلُ

مِنَ الْقَوَادِيسِ لَهَا جَلاجِلُ

Around its neck are cords made from its braids;

In their plaits, of their braids are coils

It has bells made of water buckets.

For them are anklets of golden bells

تَدُورُ كَالشُّهْبِ لَهَا مَنَازِلُ

تَدُورُ كَالشُّهْبِ لَهَا مَنَازِلُ

فَصَاعِدٌ وَدَافِقٌ وَنَازِلُ

فَصَاعِدٌ وَدَافِقٌ وَنَازِلُ

They revolve like bright stars, with stations of their own:

Revolving like meteors, fixed are their stations

So one rises, one pours, and one descends.

Some ascending, others falling and others low

وَالْمَاءُ مَا بَيْنَ الْغِيَاضِ سَائِلُ

وَالْمَاءُ مَا بَيْنَ الْغِيَاضِ سَائِلُ

تَحْنُو عَلى شُطَانِهِ الْغَيَاطِلُ

تَحْنُو عَلى شُطَانِهِ الْغَيَاطِلُ

And the water flows between the groves;

And the water amid the meadows is flowing

The dense thickets bend over its banks,

Sheltered by its banks, the ripplets

كَأَنَّهَا حَوَائِمٌ نَوَاهِلُ

كَأَنَّهَا حَوَائِمٌ نَوَاهِلُ

وَالطَّيْرُ فِي أَفْنَانِهَا هَوَادِلُ

وَالطَّيْرُ فِي أَفْنَانِهَا هَوَادِلُ

As though they hovered there, drinking;

As if pregnant she-camels kneeling down to rest

And the birds coo among their boughs.

And the birds in its branches warbling

تَزْهُو بِهَا الأَسْحَارُ وَالأَصَائِلُ

تَزْهُو بِهَا الأَسْحَارُ وَالأَصَائِلُ

فَانْهَضْ إِلَى نَيْلِ الْمُنَى يَا غَافِلُ

فَانْهَضْ إِلَى نَيْلِ الْمُنَى يَا غَافِلُ

The predawn hours and late afternoons are radiant with them.

At dawn and eve making them brilliant

So rise to attain your wishes, O heedless one!

So rise to attain your wishes, O oblivious one

وَانْعَمْ فَأَيَّامُ الصِّبَا قَلائِلُ

وَانْعَمْ فَأَيَّامُ الصِّبَا قَلائِلُ

وَالْمَرْءُ فِي الدُّنْيَا خَيَالٌ زَائِلُ

وَالْمَرْءُ فِي الدُّنْيَا خَيَالٌ زَائِلُ

And enjoy yourself, for the days of youth are few;

For the days of youth are few

And man in this world is a vanishing phantom;

Man in this world is a vanishing mirage

وَالدَّهْرُ لِلإِنْسَانِ يَوْمَاً آكِلُ

وَالدَّهْرُ لِلإِنْسَانِ يَوْمَاً آكِلُ

وَكُلُّ شَيءٍ فِي الزَّمَانِ بَاطِلُ

وَكُلُّ شَيءٍ فِي الزَّمَانِ بَاطِلُ

And time will one day devour man;

And time for man is ever consuming

And everything in time comes to nothing.

And all things in time are unreal