1. By Allah, O southern wind
Pass by the valleys of my beloved

2. And be perfumed from their blossoms
With that wondrous fragrance

3. O abode of May, carry
Her breeze, redolent of the south

4. Perhaps the waving of her blossoms
Will be brought by the fluttering zephyrs

5. Verily, when the breeze blows
Between the sand-hill and the hill

6. It brings us what it was laden with
Of their blossoms and sweet scent

7. You became desolate after marriage
O garden of sad separation

8. And you attained the distant goal
While you were near at hand

9. By Him who created the atoms
Weighed with the bloody palm

10. And illuminated the wings of night
With a full moon over the horizon

11. O garden of delicate roses
And bud of the chaste fruit

12. You, who left me
A target for the arrows of separation

13. And stabbed me intentionally with the spear
Of your gentle, supple figure

14. And killed me deliberately with the arrows
Of your passing, piercing glance

15. And pelted me with languorous arrows
From your alluring eyes, piercing hearts

16. O water, is there any bloom
Without a guard or watcher

17. I complain to you with coquetry
The complaint of the sick to the doctor

18. Even if I were to be given paradise
And you were not part of my share

19. O water, I did not choose it
As a home, knowing the unseen

20. For I am the one who is pleased with
False promises from you, though lying

21. And I am the one who responds when called
By one who calls me with your love, my respondent