1. بَلِّغي يا ريحُ عَنّا

    أَهلَ بَغدادَ السَلاما

    Convey, O wind, from us

    Greetings to the people of Baghdad.

  2. بِأَبي مَن حَرَّمَ النَو

    مَ عَلى عَيني وَناما

    May my father be ransom for him who denied sleep

    To my eye, yet slept himself.

  3. بِأَبي مَن أَضرَمَ القَل

    بَ اشتياقاً وَهُياما

    May my father be ransom for him who set the heart aflame

    With longing and love's frenzy.

  4. بِأَبي مَن كانَ مَشغو

    فاً بِقُربي مُستَهاما

    May my father be ransom for him who was enamored

    Of being near me, distraught with love.

  5. فَقَضى اللَهُ عَلَينا

    أَن شَحَطنا وَأَقاما

    Then God decreed for us

    That we went far away while he remained.

  6. أُذكُري مَن لَيسَ يَنسا

    كِ وَلَو لاقى الحِماما

    Remember the one who does not forget

    You, even if he meets death.

  7. إِنَّ مَن نامَ لَعَمري

    يَحسَبُ الناسَ نِياما

    Indeed, he who sleeps, by my life,

    Thinks people are asleep.