1. حسن اهتزاز غصون السرو هيمني

    بقد مزرٍ بغصنِ البان واللدنِ

    The beautiful swaying of the cypress boughs enraptured me,

    with a form that puts the bān bough and the supple branch to shame.

  2. وصادح الورق فوق الدوح أرقني

    وبلبل الروض في الأسحار اطربني

    And the singing dove above the spreading trees kept me awake,

    And the garden's nightingale delighted me in the hours before dawn.

  3. يا عاذلي لا تلمني إن بدا شجني

    سرى النسيم ببيت الدين ذكرني

    O you who reproach me, do not blame me if my sorrow shows.

    The breeze drifted through Beit al-Din, reminding me

  4. حديث من كنت أهوى والزمان صبا

    حكى ابتسام حبيبي نور غرتها

    of the words of one I once loved, when time was young.

    Her brow's radiance mirrored my beloved's smile,

  5. وزان مجد العلى بدر طلعتها

    يا صاح نزه لحاظاً في حديقتها

    And the full moon of her face adorned lofty glory.

    O friend, let your eyes delight in her garden,

  6. وسرح الفكر في فياح نزهتها

    دار جنينا المنى من جود بقعتها

    And let your thoughts roam the wide expanses of her pleasure grounds.

    A dwelling where we reaped our wishes from the bounty of her grounds,

  7. وقد شفي كبدي الحرى بروضتها

    جري الصفاءِ الذي في سفحها انسكبا

    And in her garden my burning liver was healed

    by the flow of clear water that poured down her slope.

  8. فوارها العذب أغنانا بصادحه

    وقد أدارت علينا شهد سافحه

    Her sweet fountain enriched us with its singing,

    And she passed round to us the honey of its cascade.

  9. وقد أقامت لدينا من سوارحه

    جوارياً رافعات من سوانحه

    And she set before us, from its flowing streams,

    maidens rising from its passing jets.

  10. وان عرى القلب همٌ في جوانحه

    أهدى لنا نسمات من نوافحه

    And if sorrow besets the heart within its breast,

    Breezes from its fragrant breaths were offered to us

  11. مبسامها فأزال الهمّ والكربا

    ثناؤُها بشذاءِ البذل قد نفحا

    by her ever-smiling fountain, which dispelled sorrow and distress.

    Praise of her has breathed the fragrance of generosity,

  12. وسعدها بدوام العز قد مدحا

    أما ترى حقها بالحسن قد وضحا

    And her good fortune has been praised for enduring glory.

    Do you not see that beauty has made her merit plain?

  13. حللتها وفوادي بالأسى جرحا

    ففاض لي كف مولاها ندىً طفحا

    I came to her with my heart wounded by grief,

    Then her lord's hand poured out to me an overflowing bounty.

  14. وبث عرف الأقاحي والخزام ضحى

    وادي الجنان فاحيى قلبيَ الوصبا

    And at midmorning the scent of daisies and lavender was spread

    by the Valley of Gardens, reviving my ailing heart.