1. The morning breeze blew gently
Bearing news to the loved ones

2. It carried tales of love
Understanding without hearing an ear

3. Describing faces white like the dawn
Black branches and tender twigs

4. With meanings hidden in melody
That only a kindred soul understands

5. A memory awakened dormant longing
And the brother of yearning when remembered, yearns

6. No blame on the lover lost in his beauty
If in his secrecy he were to die of sorrow

7. Both of us are lonely without the other's company
Except I complained of passion while he sang

8. I wonder at one who wrongs yet loves the one he wrongs
A moist branch made verdant by the rain

9. Mocking the full moon tucked in its wings
And the slender spear of lightning bent

10. My slender beloved never acquired plumpness
Why then should I desire curves or a full figure?

11. Had it not been for him I would not weep over departure
Nor after separation turn gray

12. I wish for him the pinnacle of joy
And the utmost a lover could wish for

13. O climate of the beloved land of Kadimah
The lightning smiled at you sweetly

14. Imaginations of fantasy informed me of you
For they are what inform us of one another

15. The rain subsided without shedding a tear
And night fell without closing an eye

16. I don't blame the days for my state
Nor the times even if I believed them

17. They made the gaze desolate, while they are the intimate of ardour
Alas! How far from me they are, and how close!

18. I have tasted the varying states of fate
And turned my comfort belly-up and back

19. And it is the phantom's nature not to be firm
Or come near you, or distance or show stinginess

20. I examined people until I did not find
For the precious angel other than the rain, a cheek