يا زَهرَةَ الوادي أَتيتُ بِزَهرة

لَكِ مِن رُبى لُبنان فاحَ شَذاها

O flower of the valley, I brought a flower

For you from the meadows of Lebanon, its fragrance wafted,

وَالزَهر أَبهى مَنظَراً مَعَ أُمه

فَنقلتها مَعها فَزادَ بهاها

And the flower looked lovelier with its mother,

So I carried it along and it increased its beauty,

وَحَفظتها لَك في الطَريق مِن الأَذى

وَلِأَجل عَينكِ أَضلُعي مَثواها

And I protected it from harm on the way,

And for your eyes I made my ribs its abode,

وَجَمَعتُ في آذارَ بَينَكُما فَما

أَحلاك في قَلبي وَما أَحلاها

And in March I brought you two together, but

How sweet you are in my heart and how sweet it is!

إِني جَمعتكما وَلَكن لَم يَطل

أُنسي بِقُربكما فَواهاً واها

I brought you together but did not enjoy long

My intimacy with you two, alas and alas,

واهاً عَلى ساعات لَهوٍ كُنتُما

يا زَهرَتّي هَناءَها وَصفاها

Alas for the hours of playfulness when you

Were my two flowers, its bliss and purity,

واهاً على روحي الَّتي خَلَّفتها

بَينَ الرُبى وَالروح حَيث هَواها

Alas for my soul which I left

Between the meadow and the soul where it wandered,

واهاً عَلَيها مُهجةً ضَيعتها

فَإِذا سَأَلتكما فَهَل أَلقاها

Alas for it, spurned, I lost it,

So if you two ask, did I find it?