1. ما أَلطَفَ يا صاحِ شِمالاً خَطَرَت

    سكرى بِفضول ذيلها قَد عثرَت

    How lovely, my friend, the north wind that swayed past!

    Drunken, it had stumbled over its overlong train.

  2. بِالروح لَها تناسبٌ حينَ سَرَت

    إِذ بَينَ أَحبَّتي وَبَيني سَفَرَت

    It had an affinity with the soul as it journeyed by night,

    For it served as an envoy between my loved ones and me.