كأنني عانقتُ ريحانةً

كأنني عانقتُ ريحانةً

تنفَّسَتْ في ليلها الباردِ

تنفَّسَتْ في ليلها الباردِ

As though I embraced my sweet basil,

It is as though I embraced a sprig of sweet basil

I breathed within her cold night;

that breathed in its cold night.

فلو ترانا في قميص الدّجى

فلو ترانا في قميص الدّجى

حسبتنا في جسدٍ واحدِ

حسبتنا في جسدٍ واحدِ

If you could see us in night’s garment,

And if you saw us in the shirt of darkness,

You would think us one single body.

you would think us in a single body.