1. بَلِّغي الأَحبابَ يا ري

    حَ الصَبا عَنّي السَلاما

    Convey to the beloved, O wind

    of the east, my greetings.

  2. وَإِذا خاطَبَكِ الجا

    هِلُ بي قَولي سَلاما

    And if you are addressed by one ignorant

    of me, say, “Peace.”

  3. أَنا مَن لَم يَذمُمِ النا

    سُ لَهُ يَوماً ذِماما

    I am one whom people have never reproached

    over any pledge of his, on any day;

  4. يَحفَظُ العَهدَ وَلا يَس

    مَعُ في الخِلِّ المَلاما

    who keeps the covenant and does not listen

    to reproach against a friend;

  5. مِن أُناسٍ صَيَروا العِ

    ضَ عَلى الذَمَّ حَراما

    from a people who have made their honor

    inviolable to blame.

  6. أَيتَموا الأَطفالَ في الحَر

    بِ وَهُم كَهفُ اليَتاما

    They orphaned children in war,

    yet they are a refuge for orphans.

  7. وَإِذا مَرّوا بِلَغوٍ

    في الوَرى مَرّوا كِراما

    And when they pass by idle talk

    among humankind, they pass with dignity.

  8. فَلَكَم ذُقتُ عَذاباً

    لِلهَوى كانَ غَراما

    For how often I have tasted torment

    for love—it was an abiding affliction.

  9. إِنَّ نارَ الشَوقِ سا

    ءَت مُستَقَرّاً وَمَقاما

    Indeed, the fire of longing is a wretched

    resting place and abode.