1. يا نَسيمَ الرَوضِ بِالأَس

    حارِ هَيَّجتَ اِرتِياحي

    O garden breeze at dawn,

    you have stirred my longing

  2. لِقُرى كَركينَ وَالقَفَ

    صِ وَعِصيانِ اللَواحي

    for the villages of Karkīn and al-Qafaṣ,

    and for defying reproachful women,

  3. وَاِستِماعي لِمَليحِ الصَ

    وتِ مِن قَومٍ مِلاحِ

    and for listening to one sweet of

    voice, from among handsome people.

  4. أَحمَدُ اللَهَ لَقَد ما

    تَ غَبوقي وَاِصطِباحي

    I praise God: indeed, dead

    are my evening draught and my morning drinking.

  5. كَم سُرورٍ ماتَ لَمّا

    ماتَ أَربابُ السَماحِ

    How much joy died when

    the lords of generosity died.