1. What is wrong with my heart when lightning flashes,
And the breeze blows in the land of Lebanon?

2. When darkness falls draping the hills,
I yearn and pine.

3. Tell her I have languished, and she says,
It's best a raven turns gray next to me!

4. Trusting loyalty in the covenant of a smooth-faced lad,
The covenant became reassuring to him in the morning.

5. O daughter of the quarter, if you reject, we reject;
And if you release us from your pledges, we release.

6. What is it that you deny of our love -
Stinginess, arrogance, or cowardice?

7. A soft-skinned gazelle beloved of henna,
A branch shaken of youthful vigor.

8. A caller whose hospitality takes precedence over family
When the heavens pour heavy rain.

9. Ask the people, did I ever rein in
My steed from a raid or a mountain path?

10. Many a night you enviously spy on me
And eavesdrop on my whispers.

11. Yet she is the full moon, though my chastity
Is of good repute, and my nobility is long.