1. إن كنتُ سلمى اذكر البستان

    هل تذكرين

    If I remember the garden, Salma—

    Do you remember?

  2. ايام كنا في الهوى سيان

    نحي اليقين

    The days when we were equals in love,

    Reviving certainty;

  3. ايام كنا تحت دوح البان

    صرعى الحنين

    The days when we were beneath the spreading ban trees,

    Slain by yearning;

  4. والطير يشدو أعذب الالحان

    فوق الغصون

    And the birds sang the sweetest melodies

    Above the boughs;

  5. والزهر زاه مورق فينان

    بادي الفتون

    And the flowers were radiant, leafy, luxuriant,

    Their charm on display;

  6. والبدر ساه ساهم حيران

    دامي العيون

    And the full moon was absent-minded, pensive, bewildered,

    Its eyes bleeding;

  7. والليل ساج والهوى نشوان

    جم الشجون

    And the night was still, and love intoxicated,

    Full of sorrows;

  8. والقلب سلمى عاشق ولهان

    هل تذكرين

    And the heart, Salma, was enamored, distraught with love—

    Do you remember?