1. How can my soul find rest
Amongst the waves and winds

2. In the hills of Lebanon, my homeland
While I wander alone

3. O night, why are you
So sparing with your stars

4. As you've weighed down my heart
Weigh down the sleepy eyes

5. Daughter of Lebanon, remember me
If you pray to Christ

6. And before the stars say
He had a true love

7. And recall for me the night we heard
The nightingale of love crying out

8. It entered the nest alone
So the intimate stranger wept

9. The nightingale's whistle
Filled the vast air

10. As did the scream of my heart
Wounded in the distance

11. On nights I dreamed of
Your beautiful greeting

12. And I sensed a fragrance
Wafting from your folds

13. If I die, oh water of life, then cry
And kneel atop the tomb