أَقصِر فَلَستَ بِزائِدي وُدّا

أَقصِر فَلَستَ بِزائِدي وُدّا

بَلَغَ المَدى وَتَجاوَزَ الحَدّا

بَلَغَ المَدى وَتَجاوَزَ الحَدّا

Desist, for you cannot add to my affection.

You gave too little, you are not my friend

Cease, for you can add no measure to my love;

It has reached the utmost and surpassed the limit.

You went beyond bounds, exceeding all limits

It has reached its zenith and surpassed the bound.

أَرسَلتَها مَملوءَةً كَرَماً

أَرسَلتَها مَملوءَةً كَرَماً

فَرَدَدتُها مَملوءَةً حَمَدا

فَرَدَدتُها مَملوءَةً حَمَدا

You sent it filled with generosity,

You sent it full of generosity

You sent it forth, overflowing with generosity,

So I returned it filled with praise.

I returned it full of praise

So I returned it, brimming with praise.

جاءَتكَ تَطفَحُ وَهيَ فارِغَةٌ

جاءَتكَ تَطفَحُ وَهيَ فارِغَةٌ

مَثنى بِهِ وَتَظُنُّها فَردا

مَثنى بِهِ وَتَظُنُّها فَردا

It came to you overflowing, though empty,

It came to you overflowing yet empty

It came to you full to the brim, yet empty,

Twofold through that praise, though you think it single.

Doubled in return, though you thought it single

Doubled in essence, though you deem it one.

تَأبى خَلائِقُكَ الَّتي شَرُفَت

تَأبى خَلائِقُكَ الَّتي شَرُفَت

أَن لا تَحِنَّ وَتَذكُرَ العَهدا

أَن لا تَحِنَّ وَتَذكُرَ العَهدا

Your noble qualities will not allow

Your noble nature, which was exalted

Your noble nature, honored and high, refuses

You to feel no longing or forget the bond.

Refuses to bend and recall the covenant

To fail in yearning or forget the pledge.

لَو كُنتَ عَصراً مُنبِتاً زَهراً

لَو كُنتَ عَصراً مُنبِتاً زَهراً

كُنتَ الرَبيعَ وَكانَتِ الوَردا

كُنتَ الرَبيعَ وَكانَتِ الوَردا

If you were a season bringing forth flowers,

If you were a time that grew flowers

Were you a season that gives birth to blossoms,

You would be spring, and it would be the roses.

You would be the spring, and it the roses

You would be the Spring, and it the rose.