وَادِي النَّفِيسِ نَفِيسٌ فِيهِ إِينَاسُ

وَادِي النَّفِيسِ نَفِيسٌ فِيهِ إِينَاسُ

لِمَنْ عَرَاهُ لِبَيْنِ الأَهْلِ وَسْوَاسُ

لِمَنْ عَرَاهُ لِبَيْنِ الأَهْلِ وَسْوَاسُ

The valley of al-Nafis is precious; within it is solace

The valley of Nafis is precious, holding solace within

for anyone beset by anxiety at separation from family.

For whoever is afflicted by the anxious grief of parting from kin,

أَهْدَتْ لَنَا نَسَمَاتُ الرِّيحِ لَمَّا هَفَتْ

أَهْدَتْ لَنَا نَسَمَاتُ الرِّيحِ لَمَّا هَفَتْ

بِهِ الذِي أَوْدَعَتْ أَنْفَاسَهَا فَاسُ

بِهِ الذِي أَوْدَعَتْ أَنْفَاسَهَا فَاسُ

The wind’s breezes offered us, as they wafted

The gentle breezes of the wind, as they wafted, gifted us

through it, what Fez had entrusted to her breaths.

With the very breaths that the city of Fez had entrusted to them,

حَيْثُ الطُّيُورُعَلَى الأَدْوَاحِ صَادِحَةٌ

حَيْثُ الطُّيُورُعَلَى الأَدْوَاحِ صَادِحَةٌ

وَالنَّهْرُ مُطَّرِدٌ وَالرَّوْضُ مَيَّاسُ

وَالنَّهْرُ مُطَّرِدٌ وَالرَّوْضُ مَيَّاسُ

There the birds sing upon the spreading trees,

Where the birds upon the sprawling branches sing aloud,

and the river flows steadily, and the meadow sways gracefully.

And the river flows steadily, while the meadow gracefully sways.