يا حَبَّذا نَفَحاتُ جَوبَرَ بُكرَةً

يا حَبَّذا نَفَحاتُ جَوبَرَ بُكرَةً

ما هُنَّ إِلا المِسكُ وَالكافورُ

ما هُنَّ إِلا المِسكُ وَالكافورُ

Oh, how lovely are Jobar’s breezes in the early morning!

O how delightful are the breezes of Jabbar in the morning

They are nothing but musk and camphor.

Bearing only musk and camphor

وَالزَّهرُ مَنظومٌ عَلى دَوحاتِهِ

وَالزَّهرُ مَنظومٌ عَلى دَوحاتِهِ

وَعَلى بِساطِ رِياضِهِ مَنثورُ

وَعَلى بِساطِ رِياضِهِ مَنثورُ

And the blossoms are strung upon its spreading trees,

And flowers arranged on its branches

and scattered upon the carpet of its gardens.

And scattered on the meadows of its gardens

ما هَبَّ مَمدودُ الهَواءِ لَنا بِهِ

ما هَبَّ مَمدودُ الهَواءِ لَنا بِهِ

إِلا لِيَزدادَ الهَوى المَقصورُ

إِلا لِيَزدادَ الهَوى المَقصورُ

Never does the air—long-ended hawāʾ—blow for us there

The gentle wind brings us only

except to deepen love—short-ended hawā.

To increase the confined passion

هِيَ جَنَّةٌ مَحفوفَةٌ بِنَعيمِها

هِيَ جَنَّةٌ مَحفوفَةٌ بِنَعيمِها

في ظِلِّها وِلدانُها وَالحورُ

في ظِلِّها وِلدانُها وَالحورُ

It is a paradise surrounded by its bliss;

It is a paradise surrounded by its bliss

in its shade are its youths and the houris.

In its shade are maidens and fair ladies