1. We are the melodies of the heavens
We fill the world with songs

2. In paradises and in us
Are eyes of love and bliss

3. Our feathers are of aloewood,
Of purple, of gum resin

4. The hue of beauty is upon us
And upon these songs

5. I am the nightingale, I make the valley dance,
I fill the branch with life and feeling

6. In my tenderness, the thick wine and the scent of perfume
And all the wishes

7. Flowing from my tongue for love
I am the bulbul, I fill the field with passion

8. In my trills, in my feathers, temptations
Dawn awakens drunk on my mellifluous voice

9. And my rosy blood on my beauty, eyes
I am the night, I glance at inspiration, so it neglects

10. In my tongue, the greenness of the cave, and cloves
A poet who sang each verse’s beauty

11. From my night in the wine house
I sing the world and it becomes

12. Like my beautiful melodies
I am the partridge, my feathers the mountain’s hues

13. On the earth’s breast I bestow kisses
My ringing throat

14. Makes the valley sing
The farmer’s friend

15. And the wanderer’s