أَهَلاً بمُعْتَلِ النَّسِيمٍ وَمَرْحَبا

وَمُذَكْرِي عَهْدَ الصِّبَابَةِ وَالصِّبا

A welcome to the breeze's harbor and greetings,

And memories of my youth and childhood,

حَمَلَ التَّحِيَّةَ عَنْ أَهَيْل المُنْحَنَى

وَأَبَان عَنْهُمْ بالمَقَالِ وَأَغرَبا

Bearing greetings from the people of the valley,

And telling of them in words that were strange.

فَعَرَفْتُ عَرْفَهُمُ بِهِ لَكِنَّنِي

أَنْكَرْتُ صَبْراً عَنْ عُهُودِيَ نَكَّبا

I knew them from his words, but I

Denied patience from my lost times.

يَا عَاذِلي كُنْ عَاذِرِي فِي حُبِّهمْ

لَمْ ألْقَ للسِّلْوَانِ عَنْهُمْ مَذهَبا

Oh my reproacher, reproach me for loving them,

I have not abandoned finding them.

لاَ تَلْح فِيْهمْ مُغْرَماً أَلِفَ الضَّنَا

يَجدُ السِّقَامَ بهُمْ لَذِيذاً طَيِّبا

Do not blame me, for I am enamored with sorrow,

Finding sweetness and goodness in their company.

نَزَلَ الغَرَامُ بِهِ فرَحْلَ صَبْرَهُ

عَنْهُ وَخَيْمَ في حَشَاهِ وَطَنْبا

When passion descended on me, I lost my patience

And pitched my tent in their courtyard.

غِبْتُمْ وَأَنْتُمْ حَاضِرونَ بمُهْجَتي

أفْدِي الحُضُورَ بمُهَجَتِي وَالغَيْبا

You are absent yet present in my soul,

I ransom your presence with my soul, even in absence.