1. وَكَم طارَحَت مِن وَرقاء تَشدو

    عَلى الشرفين بِالوادي السَعيد

    How many a singing gray dove have I exchanged songs with

    on the two heights in the happy valley.

  2. تَقول أَعد إِذا أَصغيت شَجواً

    وَإِن أَصغَت أَقولُ لَها أَعيدي

    She says, “Repeat,” when I listen in sorrow;

    and if she listens, I tell her, “Repeat.”

  3. فَتَرحم لَوعَتي وَتَقول قَولاً

    جَميلاً ما عَلَيهِ مِن مَزيد

    Then she pities my anguish and speaks words

    so beautiful that nothing could improve them.

  4. أَلا يا نَسمة الأَسحار قُولي

    لِفاتنة أَقلبَكِ مِن حَديد

    Ah, O breeze of the predawn hours, say

    to an enchantress: “Is your heart made of iron?

  5. أَطَلتِ عَذابَهُ وَأَسَأتِ حَتّى

    بَكَتهُ اليَوم أَجفان الحَسود

    You have prolonged his torment and been cruel, until

    today even the envier’s eyelids have wept for him.

  6. قَتيل هَواكِ ما تَدعوهُ إِلّا

    أَجابَتكِ العِظام مِن اللُحود

    The one slain by love of you—you never call him

    but his bones answer you from the graves.”