تأنَّوا ففي طَيِّ النَّسيمَ رَسائِلُ

وَمِيلُوا فَإنَّ البانَ في السَّفحِ مائِلُ

Gently now, for in the breeze's fold there are messages

And lean, for the valley-slope is leaning

وَمَا مالَ إلاَّ للسُّؤالِ وعندَهُ

حَديثُ هوىً فاستَحدثُوهُ وسَائِلوا

And it leaned only to ask, and it has

A discourse of love's madness - so draw it out and question it

رَوَى خَبَراً عَن بانِ نَعمانَ مُرسَلاً

وأَسنَد عَنهُ ما حَكَتهُ الشَّمائِلُ

It related a story about the slopes of Nu'man unfettered

And traced from it what the facets have recounted

فَعَلَّلَ مُعتَلاًّ وَحَرَّكَ ساكِناً

مِنَ الوَجدِ أَضحَى وَهوَ في الحالِ عامِل

So it has justified the lovesick and given motion to the reticent

From ardour it has risen while still influencing

وَمِيلوا على رَملِ الحِمَى علَّ سربهُ

تُلاحظُكُم غزلانُهُ وتُغازِلُ

And lean on the ridge of the preserve so its gazelles may

Observe you and be amorous

وقُصُّوا غَرامي للنَّسيمِ فإنَّهُ

غَريمي إذا ما هَيَّجتني البَلابِلُ

And tell my passions to the breeze for it is

My confidant when the wind-puffs stir me

سَقَى دِمنَةَ الوادي بمُنعَرجِ اللِّوى

مِنَ المُزنِ محلُولُ النِّطاقَين هاطلُ

It has watered the valley-bed from the bent spout

Of rain-clouds, fetterless, streaming down

وَحَيَّا رُبا مُصطافِ سَلعِ وَمَرتَعَ ال

غُوَيرِ وَروَّى بَطنَ نَعمانَ وابِلُ

And greeted the environs of Sal' and the pasture

Of Guwair and sated the belt of Nu'man, pouring down

فَمِنها ضَفَت عندَ الَمقيلِ ظِلالُها

وَفيها صَفَت عِندَ الوِدادِ الَمناهلُ

So from it its shades overlap at al-Maqil

And in it the water-holes line up by al-Widad

وَإِنَّ سُؤالي للنَّسيمِ عُلاَلةٌ

كَمَا أَنَّ دَمعي لِلَمنازلِ سائِلُ

And my questioning of the breeze is a preoccupation

Just as my tears for the encampments are questioning