كِلانا غُصُنٌ شَطْبُ

كِلانا غُصُنٌ شَطْبُ

فَذَا بالٍ وذا رَطْبُ

فَذَا بالٍ وذا رَطْبُ

Each of us is a slender branch:

We are both branches of wood

so this one is withered, and that one fresh.

One fresh, one dry

إذا ما هَاجتِ الرِّيحُ

إذا ما هَاجتِ الرِّيحُ

ومالَ المِرْطُ والإِتبُ

ومالَ المِرْطُ والإِتبُ

When the wind stirs,

When the wind rages

and the mantle and sleeveless tunic sway,

And the bending staff inclines

أبانَتْ مِنْهُ ما طَابَا

أبانَتْ مِنْهُ ما طَابَا

ومِنِّيْ ما بَرَى الحُبُّ

ومِنِّيْ ما بَرَى الحُبُّ

it reveals what is lovely in him,

It shows what is fragrant within it

and in me what love has wasted:

And what love has nurtured in me

ضُلُوعٌ ما لها رُوحٌ

ضُلُوعٌ ما لها رُوحٌ

ولا يَسْكُنُها القَلْبُ

ولا يَسْكُنُها القَلْبُ

ribs that have no soul,

A chest without spirit

nor does the heart dwell within them.

That the heart cannot rest in