1. This spring has come to us with the light of beauty
And adorned the earth with flowers of all hues

2. From bright white amidst joyful green
With red roses watering the ground

3. So the rose in its color is the cheek of the beloved when
Plucked, it blushes shyly

4. And poppies are like the mouth of a gazelle
Smiling openly with intimacy

5. And the narcissus bends as the eye that looked
At a lover pleading for kindness

6. And jasmine appeared in its buds
As if it were a neck caressed lovingly

7. O beauty's idol, this day smiles
While you are the best thing we have known

8. Does this meadow please you, O my hope?
Her smile drew near like a pearl and coral

9. In a garden of flowering meadows
Crowned with branches over the flowers

10. His oud in hand beseeching your attention
She said "Sing us something!" And he said

11. "O glance that sparked fires in my heart!"
She laughed and then said "That is lovely

12. But I want something other than this, so sing us something"
"Those eyes that have houris in their corners

13. Killed us, then did not bring us back to life
They fell the lips until no movement stirs

14. Yet they are the weakest of God's creation, human"
Then the oud's melody turned to sorrowful song

15. Stirring the ears with melodies and tunes
Until leaning from the song's remains, intoxicated

16. With roses and basil she had picked
And she stopped him for a moment when she turned

17. Revealing to us the hues of magic beauty
She handed him the oud and kisses followed

18. Until she awoke crying "What was that!"
And the melody roused her passions so she began

19. To embrace the oud bitterly and sweetly
Then awoke singing, happy with him

20. As the oud ignited fires in her palms
Be however you wish, for I have no substitute for you

21. You are the pure water for a thirsty heart
And she hurried in the steps of the wood dove

22. As the oud sang to her gently and kindly
Until the trees swayed with enchantment

23. And became like the swaying branches of a lover
The breeze blew gently on the gown of night

24. And the day turned away, serene and bright
And night approached, with its stars goading it

25. As if they were horsemen amidst a herd
Renewing the intimacy as she sang in rapture

26. "O night that looked down on those awake!"
"O beauty who takes away all sorrows and troubles

27. Until you see the longing lover humbled"
"You made my heart happy and did not attain what you wished

28. Alas, after you the heart finds no solace"
"One who seeks intimacy from the proud finds no joy

29. Like me, with time unyielding"
Then the oud's melody turned to sorrowful song

30. Stirring the ears with melodies and tunes
Until leaning from the song's remains, intoxicated

31. With roses and basil she had picked
And she stopped him for a moment when she turned

32. Revealing to us the hues of magic beauty
She handed him the oud and kisses followed

33. Until she awoke crying "What was that!"
And the melody roused her passions so she began

34. To embrace the oud bitterly and sweetly
Then awoke singing, happy with him

35. As the oud ignited fires in her palms
Be however you wish, for I have no substitute for you

36. You are the pure water for a thirsty heart
And she hurried in the steps of the wood dove

37. As the oud sang to her gently and kindly
Until the trees swayed with enchantment

38. And became like the swaying branches of a lover
The breeze blew gently on the gown of night

39. And the day turned away, serene and bright
And night approached, with its stars goading it

40. As if they were horsemen amidst a herd
Renewing the intimacy as she sang in rapture

41. "O night that looked down on those awake!"
"O beauty who takes away all sorrows and troubles

42. Until you see the longing lover humbled"
"You made my heart happy and did not attain what you wished

43. Alas, after you the heart finds no solace"
"One who seeks intimacy from the proud finds no joy

44. Like me, with time unyielding"