سَلامٌ كَما هَبَّ النَسيمُ عَلى الوَردِ

سَلامٌ كَما هَبَّ النَسيمُ عَلى الوَردِ

وَخاضَت جُفونَ اللَيلِ إِغفاءَةُ الفَجرِ

وَخاضَت جُفونَ اللَيلِ إِغفاءَةُ الفَجرِ

A greeting, as the breeze blew over the roses,

Peace like the breeze that blew upon the rose

And dawn’s brief slumber waded through the eyelids of night,

And the eyelids of night plunged into the dawn's slumber

وَهَزَّ هُبوبُ الريح عِطفَ أَراكَةٍ

وَهَزَّ هُبوبُ الريح عِطفَ أَراكَةٍ

فَمالَت كَما مالَ النَزيفُ مَع السكرِ

فَمالَت كَما مالَ النَزيفُ مَع السكرِ

And the blowing wind shook an arak tree’s flank,

The blowing wind shook a palm tree's bend

So it swayed as a drunken man sways in intoxication,

So it swayed like the swaying of intoxication with sobriety

عَلى مَن إِذا وَدّعتُهُ أَودَع الحَشى

عَلى مَن إِذا وَدّعتُهُ أَودَع الحَشى

لَهيباً تَلَظّى في الجَوانِحِ وَالصَدرِ

لَهيباً تَلَظّى في الجَوانِحِ وَالصَدرِ

To him who, when I bade him farewell, left in my heart

For the one whom when I bid farewell I leave

A flame that blazed within my ribs and breast;

A flame kindled in the core and chest

وَمَن لَم يَزَل نَشوانَ مِن خَمرَةِ الصِبا

وَمَن لَم يَزَل نَشوانَ مِن خَمرَةِ الصِبا

كَما لَم أَزَل نَشوان مِن خَمرَةِ الذُكرِ

كَما لَم أَزَل نَشوان مِن خَمرَةِ الذُكرِ

And to him who has never ceased to be drunk on the wine of youth,

And he who remains intoxicated with the wine of youth

As I have never ceased to be drunk on the wine of remembrance.

As I remain intoxicated with the wine of remembrance

عَسى اللَهُ أَن يُدني التزاوُرَ بَينَنا

عَسى اللَهُ أَن يُدني التزاوُرَ بَينَنا

فَأُنقَلَ مِن عُسرِ الفِراقِ إِلى يُسرِ

فَأُنقَلَ مِن عُسرِ الفِراقِ إِلى يُسرِ

May God bring our mutual visits nearer,

May God bring us close in visitation

So I may be carried from the hardship of parting into ease.

And move me from the hardship of parting to ease