1. أَنا في البُستانِ وَحدي

    في رِياضٍ سُندُسِيَّه

    I am alone in the garden,

    Amid silken gardens.

  2. لَيسَ لي فيهِ أَنيسٌ

    غَيرَ كُتبٍ أَدَبِيَّه

    I have no companion there

    Except books of literature.

  3. وَإِذا دارَت كُؤوسي

    فَهيَ مِنّي وَإِلَيَّه

    And when my cups go round,

    They pass from me and back to me.

  4. فَتَفَضَّل يا حَبيبي

    نَغتَنِم هَذي العَشِيَّه

    So do come, my beloved;

    Let us make the most of this evening.

  5. ما تَرى بِاللَهِ ما أَح

    سَنَ هَذي الذَهَبِيَّه

    What do you think, by God? How

    lovely this golden one is!

  6. لَم تَغِب عَن مِثلِ هَذا ال

    يَومِ إِلّا لِبَلِيَّه

    You have never missed such a

    day except through misfortune.

  7. مَن تُرى غَيَّرَ ما أَع

    هَدُ مِن تِلكَ السَجِيَّه

    Who, I wonder, has changed what I

    know of that disposition?

  8. أَيُّها المُعرِضُ عَنّي

    لَكَ وَاللَهِ قَضِيَّه

    O you who turn away from me,

    By God, you have a claim.

  9. كُلُّ ما يُرضيكَ يا مَو

    لايَ عِندي وَعَلَيَّه

    Everything that pleases you, my

    lord, I have—and am bound to provide.