1. أَلا يا نَسيمَ الريحِ حُكمُكَ جائِرٌ

    عَلَيَّ إِذا أَرضَيتَني وَرَضيتُ

    Ah, O breeze of the wind, your judgment is unjust

    to me, when you please me and I am content.

  2. أَلا يا نَسيمَ الريحِ لَو أَنَّ واحِداً

    مِنَ الناسِ يُبليهِ الهَوى لَبَليتُ

    Ah, O breeze of the wind, if a single person

    among mankind were wasted by love, I would surely waste away.

  3. فَلَو خُلِطَ السَمُّ الزُعافُ بِريقِها

    تَمَصَّصتُ مِنهُ نَهلَةً وَرَويتُ

    So if deadly poison were mixed with her saliva,

    I would sip a draught of it and quench my thirst.