1. جُدْ يا نسيمُ وحَرّكِ الأَشْجَانا

    قد ذابَ من فرطِ الغرام ِكِلانا

    Be generous, O breeze, and stir sorrow.

    Both of us have melted from the intensity of love.

  2. غَنّيتَ للرّوض ِالنضيرِ صبابةً

    وجعلتَ من تلكَ الجبالِ بيانا

    You sang with longing to the lush garden,

    and made those mountains eloquent.

  3. وغدوتَ لحناً رائعاً يحيا بهِ

    شجرُ الخريفِ وللربيعِ لِسانا

    And you became a wondrous melody—through which

    autumn's trees come alive—and a tongue for spring.

  4. جُدْ يا نسيمُ على الفؤادِ فإنهُ

    كالمُستغيثِ يُصارعُ الأحزانا

    Be generous, O breeze, to the heart, for it

    is like one crying for help, wrestling with sorrows.

  5. لَهَفِي على طَرْفٍ تألّقَ رِمشُهُ

    روحي إليهِ أزُفُّها قُربانا

    How I yearn for an eye whose lashes gleamed!

    My soul I bring to it as a sacrificial offering.

  6. لكأنّنَا حينَ التقينا خِلْسةً

    وتَلاصَقتْ بالراحتين ِيَدانا

    It was as though, when we met in secret

    and our two hands pressed palm to palm,

  7. كالطّيرِ يسبحُ في فسيح ِسمائهِ

    وكأنّ ما في كونِنا إلاّنا

    we were like birds swimming in their vast sky,

    and as though our universe held none but us.