لي إِلى الريحِ حاجَةٌ لَو قَضَتها

لي إِلى الريحِ حاجَةٌ لَو قَضَتها

كُنتُ لِلريحِ ما حَييتُ غُلاما

كُنتُ لِلريحِ ما حَييتُ غُلاما

I have a request of the wind: if it granted it,

I need the wind to fulfill my wish

I would be the wind’s servant for as long as I lived.

If it did, I'd be the wind's lad till I die

حَجَبوها عَنِ الريحِ لِأَنّي

حَجَبوها عَنِ الريحِ لِأَنّي

قُلتُ يا ريحُ بَلِّغيها السَلاما

قُلتُ يا ريحُ بَلِّغيها السَلاما

They secluded her from the wind because I

They hid her from the wind, for I

Said, “O wind, convey my greeting of peace to her.”

Said "O wind, give her my regards"

لَو رَضوا بِالحِجابِ هانَ وَلَكِن

لَو رَضوا بِالحِجابِ هانَ وَلَكِن

مَنَعوها يَومَ الريحِ الكَلاما

مَنَعوها يَومَ الريحِ الكَلاما

Had they been content with seclusion, it would have been bearable; and yet

If they approved the veil, no problem

They forbade her to speak on windy days.

But they forbade her speech that day

فَتَنَفَّستُ ثُمَّ قُلتُ لِطَيفي

فَتَنَفَّستُ ثُمَّ قُلتُ لِطَيفي

وَيكَ إِن زُرتَ طَيفَها إِلماما

وَيكَ إِن زُرتَ طَيفَها إِلماما

So I sighed, then said to my phantom,

So I sighed, and told my phantom

“Woe to you! If you visit her phantom briefly,

"If you visit her phantom, do inform her"

حَيِّها بِالسَلامِ سِرّاً وَإِلّا

حَيِّها بِالسَلامِ سِرّاً وَإِلّا

مَنَعوها لِشَقوَتي أَن تَناما

مَنَعوها لِشَقوَتي أَن تَناما

Greet her with peace in secret; otherwise,

Greet her secretly with peace, or else

They will forbid her to sleep, to my misfortune.”

They'd forbid her, out of spite, her sleep