1. When the breeze blows from your abode
It ignites the embers in my burning heart

2. The melody comes from the gardens of paradise at dusk
Bearing the scent of its corners as a gift

3. It nearly offers me a sip of its wine
As its drops of water trickle down

4. I send it my greetings and yearning
And unleash my tearful messengers in its pursuit

5. Lightning flashed as the night grew cold
So I ventured with my heart towards you, and patience fled

6. The trails of dawn’s darkness
Were immersed in my tears, appearing red

7. Every breeze that passes revives me
And every gleam appears, renewing the memories

8. On the day of love when it possessed us
And revealed in us its greatest sign

9. I say to myself when life is kind
Behold, this pigeon brings good tidings to you

10. For long have you been impatient for it
When they shunned or deserted you

11. May this reply heal the agony of your sorrow
For a reply after love is best

12. Oh heart, what is this flame that
Whenever the water cooks you, turns you to ember

13. Can the fire of love be extinguished when
My tears revive it, ignited by the hand of memory?

14. My friend, for God’s sake, make me forget them
For remembrance keeps intoxicating me

15. May the days of separation end soon
Be the living thereafter easy or bitter

16. And if I die, then bury me, my friend
Among foreigners, and write on my coffin one line

17. Woe to the Merciful for a free man who suffered misery
Yet did not complain or commit treachery