1. غرَسْتُ لكُمْ شجَراتِ الهَوى

    بأرْضٍ أثارَ ثَراها الجَوى

    I planted for you the trees of love,

    In a land whose soil love's anguish had stirred,

  2. وسقّيْتُها بدُموعِ الجُفونِ

    فقدْ أيْنَعَ الغَرْسُ لمّا ارْتَوى

    And watered them with tears from my eyelids.

    For the planted trees ripened when they drank their fill.

  3. ولمّا ترعْرَعَ منْها البُسوقُ

    وأجْمَعَ ريْعانُها واسْتَوى

    And when their lofty growth had flourished,

    And their youthful bloom had filled out and matured,

  4. نوَيْتُ الجَنى قبْلَ يوْمِ النّوى

    وكُلُّ امْرِئٍ فلَهُ ما نَوى

    I intended the harvest before the day of parting;

    And every person has what they intended.