سَقاها اللَهُ مَنزِلَةً وَحَيّا

سَقاها اللَهُ مَنزِلَةً وَحَيّا

طَوَينا بَعدَها اللَذاتِ طَيّا

طَوَينا بَعدَها اللَذاتِ طَيّا

May God send rain upon that dwelling and its clan—

God granted it an abode and gave it life

After it, we folded pleasures away completely—

After it we folded up pleasures completely

وَأَياماً بِقُربِكُمُ تَقَضَّت

وَأَياماً بِقُربِكُمُ تَقَضَّت

كَأَنَّ العَيشَ فيها كانَ فَيّا

كَأَنَّ العَيشَ فيها كانَ فَيّا

And upon the days that passed near you,

And days near you passed

As though life in them had been a shade.

As if living through them was bountiful

أَرى عِندَ الرِياح لَكُم حَديثاً

أَرى عِندَ الرِياح لَكُم حَديثاً

أُواجِهُها فَتُمليهِ عَليّا

أُواجِهُها فَتُمليهِ عَليّا

I find with the winds a message of yours;

I see the winds have a talk about you

I face them, and they dictate it to me.

I face them and they dictate it to me

أَغارُ إِذا الغُصونُ صَغَت اليَها

أَغارُ إِذا الغُصونُ صَغَت اليَها

مَخافَةَ أَن سَتَحكي مِنهُ شَيّا

مَخافَةَ أَن سَتَحكي مِنهُ شَيّا

I grow jealous when the branches lean toward them,

I'm jealous when the branches lean toward them

For fear they will tell something of it.

Fearing they will tell something about you

إِذا هَبَّت أُحمِّلُها زَفيراً

إِذا هَبَّت أُحمِّلُها زَفيراً

فَيَرجِعُ وَقرُها طيباً وَرَيّا

فَيَرجِعُ وَقرُها طيباً وَرَيّا

When they blow, I burden them with a sigh,

When they blow, I load them with a sigh

And their burden returns as perfume and fragrance.

So it returns, its fragrance good and moist

كَأَنَّ بِها حِذاراً مِن رَقيب

كَأَنَّ بِها حِذاراً مِن رَقيب

فَتَسري خيفَةً لَيلاً اليّا

فَتَسري خيفَةً لَيلاً اليّا

As though they fear a watcher,

As if cautiously, because of a watcher

So they journey to me by night in fear.

She walks secretly at night to me