أَتَسمعُ ما يَقُولُ لَكَ النَّسيمُ

سُحَيراً حينَ أَرسلهُ الصَّريمُ

Do you hear what the breeze whispers to you

Enchantingly when the hot wind sends it?

يُخبِّرُ أَنَّ أَهلَ الجِزعِ حلُّوا

بِهِ فَلِذاكَ قَد ضَاعَ الشَّمِيمُ

It tells that the people of Jiz' have departed

So its scent has been lost.

مَشَوا فيهِ فَصارَ التُّربُ مِسكاً

وعُطِّرتِ الَمواطِنُ والرُّسومُ

They walked on it, so the soil became musk

And the dwellings and ruins were perfumed.

وقَبَّلَ مِنُهمُ الأَقدامَ شَوقاً

إِليهِم وَهوَ رَبعُهُمُ القَديمُ

It kissed their feet passionately

For it is their old companion.

وَمالَ البانُ من طَرَبٍ وَأَضحى

لِتَحبيرِ الرِّياضِ بِهِ رُقُومُ

The meadow inclined from ecstasy and became

Adorned by the pigmentation of the gardens.

إِذا ما ماسَ غُصنٌ ماسَ غُصنٌ

مِنَ الأَعطافِ مُعَتدلٌ قَويمُ

When a branch sways, a straight, firm branch

Of twisted branches,

وَقَد لاحَت به أَقمارُ حُسنِ

عَلَيها من تَمايلُها نُجومُ

The moons of beauty shine on it

With their swaying like stars upon it.

أُهيلَ الجِزعِ هَل زَمَنٌ تَقَضَّى

يَعودُ فإِنَّ حُبَّكُمُ مُقيمُ

O people of Jiz', has the time passed

That will return? For your love remains.

وَتُصبِحَ رَملَةُ الوَعساءِ منكُم

مُكَللَّةً لَهَا عِقدٌ نَظيمُ

The desolate sands will be crowned by you

With an orderly pearl necklace on them.

فَقَلبي بَعدَ بُعدِكُمُ مَشوقٌ

كَئيبٌ والغَرامُ لَهُ غَريمُ

So my heart after your absence is yearning

Melancholy, and love is burning in it.