نَحنُ وَاللَهِ من هَوائِكَ يا جر

نَحنُ وَاللَهِ من هَوائِكَ يا جر

جانُ في حيرَةٍ وَأَمرٍ شَديدِ

جانُ في حيرَةٍ وَأَمرٍ شَديدِ

We are, by God, because of your air, O Jur-

We are, by God, confused by your fickleness, O Jarjan,

jan, in bewilderment and dire straits.

My soul is in great perplexity and distress.

حرُّها يَنضج الجُلود فَإِن هَب

حرُّها يَنضج الجُلود فَإِن هَب

بَت شَمال تكدَّرَت بِركودِ

بَت شَمال تكدَّرَت بِركودِ

Its heat cooks the skin; and if there blows

Its heat boils the hides; then if a north wind blows,

a north wind, it is marred by stillness—

It is troubled by stillness and gloom.

كَحَبيبٍ منافِقٍ كُلَّما هَم

كَحَبيبٍ منافِقٍ كُلَّما هَم

مَ بِوَصلٍ أَحالَهُ بِصُدودِ

مَ بِوَصلٍ أَحالَهُ بِصُدودِ

like a hypocritical lover who, whenever he intends

Like a hypocritical lover who, whenever resolved

union, turns it into rejection.

To unite, is deterred by aloofness.