أُحِبُّ الريحَ إِن هَبَّت شَمالا

وَأَحسُدُها إِذا هَبَّت جَنوبا

I love the wind if it blows from the north,

And I envy it if it blows from the south.

أَهابُكِ أَن أَبوحَ بِذاتِ نَفسي

وَأَفرَقُ إِن سَأَلتُكِ أَن أَخيبا

I hesitate to reveal my inner self to you,

And I shy away if I ask you and you disappoint me.

وَأَهجُرُ صاحِبي حُبَّ التَجَنّي

عَلَيهِ إِذا تَجَنَّيتُ الذُنوبا

And I shun my companion's love of faultfinding;

Reproaching him when he finds faults in others.

أَيَصبِرُ عاشِقٌ هَجَرَ الحَبيبا

أُجِنَّ فُؤادُهُ شَوقاً عَجيبا

Can a lover endure estrangement from his beloved?

His heart is strangely distressed with yearning.

وَلَو حَمَّلتُ نَفسي الصَبرَ عَنهُ

لَكانَ الصَبرُ في قَلبي غَريبا

Even if I forced myself to be patient without him,

Patience would still feel foreign in my heart.

كَأَنّي حينَ أُغضي عَن سِواكُم

أَخافُ لَكُم عَلى عَيني رَقيبا

It's as if, when I avert my eyes from you,

I fear a watcher over my eyes because of you.