أَيّامُdays دَجنٍclouded gloom أَرسَالهاtheir flocks المَطَرُthe rain
أَيّامُ دَجنٍ أَرسَالها المَطَرُ
قَدindeed ضَحِكَتsmiled فيin خِيامِهاtheir tents الغُرَرُthe white forehead blazes
قَد ضَحِكَت في خِيامِها الغُرَرُ
Days of clouded gloom, whose flocks are rain;
Rains of soft days sent by the rain
White blazes have smiled within their tents.
Laughed in its tents the deceits
وَافىhas come to زَمانُthe season الرَبيعِof spring جَنَّتَهاtheir garden
وَافى زَمانُ الرَبيعِ جَنَّتَها
مُحَجَّلاتٌwhite-stockinged شِياتُهاtheir markings الزَهَرُthe blossoms
مُحَجَّلاتٌ شِياتُها الزَهَرُ
Springtime has come to their garden;
The springtime paid its garden a visit
White-stockinged, their markings are blossoms.
Blossoming, blooming the flowers
ماnot مِنany of سُرورٍjoy إِلّاexcept وَساحَتُهُand its courtyard
ما مِن سُرورٍ إِلّا وَساحَتُهُ
قَدindeed لاحَhas appeared فيهاwithin it لِوَطئِهاof their tread أَثَرُa trace
قَد لاحَ فيها لِوَطئِها أَثَرُ
There is no joy but in its courtyard
No happiness but sauntered about it
A trace of their tread has appeared.
Left in it from its treading a trace