سَقاها اللَهُ مَنزِلَةً وَحَيّا

طَوَينا بَعدَها اللَذاتِ طَيّا

God granted it an abode and gave it life

After it we folded up pleasures completely

وَأَياماً بِقُربِكُمُ تَقَضَّت

كَأَنَّ العَيشَ فيها كانَ فَيّا

And days near you passed

As if living through them was bountiful

أَرى عِندَ الرِياح لَكُم حَديثاً

أُواجِهُها فَتُمليهِ عَليّا

I see the winds have a talk about you

I face them and they dictate it to me

أَغارُ إِذا الغُصونُ صَغَت اليَها

مَخافَةَ أَن سَتَحكي مِنهُ شَيّا

I'm jealous when the branches lean toward them

Fearing they will tell something about you

إِذا هَبَّت أُحمِّلُها زَفيراً

فَيَرجِعُ وَقرُها طيباً وَرَيّا

When they blow, I load them with a sigh

So it returns, its fragrance good and moist

كَأَنَّ بِها حِذاراً مِن رَقيب

فَتَسري خيفَةً لَيلاً اليّا

As if cautiously, because of a watcher

She walks secretly at night to me