أَتَسمعُ ما يَقُولُ لَكَ النَّسيمُ

أَتَسمعُ ما يَقُولُ لَكَ النَّسيمُ

سُحَيراً حينَ أَرسلهُ الصَّريمُ

سُحَيراً حينَ أَرسلهُ الصَّريمُ

Do you hear what the breeze says to you,

Do you hear what the breeze whispers to you

just before dawn, when the night sent it forth?

Enchantingly when the hot wind sends it?

يُخبِّرُ أَنَّ أَهلَ الجِزعِ حلُّوا

يُخبِّرُ أَنَّ أَهلَ الجِزعِ حلُّوا

بِهِ فَلِذاكَ قَد ضَاعَ الشَّمِيمُ

بِهِ فَلِذاكَ قَد ضَاعَ الشَّمِيمُ

It reports that the people of the valley bend have settled

It tells that the people of Jiz' have departed

there; that is why the fragrance has spread.

So its scent has been lost.

مَشَوا فيهِ فَصارَ التُّربُ مِسكاً

مَشَوا فيهِ فَصارَ التُّربُ مِسكاً

وعُطِّرتِ الَمواطِنُ والرُّسومُ

وعُطِّرتِ الَمواطِنُ والرُّسومُ

They walked there, and so the dust became musk,

They walked on it, so the soil became musk

and the dwellings and their traces were perfumed.

And the dwellings and ruins were perfumed.

وقَبَّلَ مِنُهمُ الأَقدامَ شَوقاً

وقَبَّلَ مِنُهمُ الأَقدامَ شَوقاً

إِليهِم وَهوَ رَبعُهُمُ القَديمُ

إِليهِم وَهوَ رَبعُهُمُ القَديمُ

And it kissed their feet in longing

It kissed their feet passionately

for them—it is their old dwelling.

For it is their old companion.

وَمالَ البانُ من طَرَبٍ وَأَضحى

وَمالَ البانُ من طَرَبٍ وَأَضحى

لِتَحبيرِ الرِّياضِ بِهِ رُقُومُ

لِتَحبيرِ الرِّياضِ بِهِ رُقُومُ

And the ben tree leaned in delight, and there came to be

The meadow inclined from ecstasy and became

patterns there to embellish the gardens.

Adorned by the pigmentation of the gardens.

إِذا ما ماسَ غُصنٌ ماسَ غُصنٌ

إِذا ما ماسَ غُصنٌ ماسَ غُصنٌ

مِنَ الأَعطافِ مُعَتدلٌ قَويمُ

مِنَ الأَعطافِ مُعَتدلٌ قَويمُ

Whenever a bough swayed, so did a bough

When a branch sways, a straight, firm branch

of human form, well-proportioned and upright.

Of twisted branches,

وَقَد لاحَت به أَقمارُ حُسنِ

وَقَد لاحَت به أَقمارُ حُسنِ

عَلَيها من تَمايلُها نُجومُ

عَلَيها من تَمايلُها نُجومُ

And moons of beauty shone forth there,

The moons of beauty shine on it

with stars upon them from their swaying.

With their swaying like stars upon it.

أُهيلَ الجِزعِ هَل زَمَنٌ تَقَضَّى

أُهيلَ الجِزعِ هَل زَمَنٌ تَقَضَّى

يَعودُ فإِنَّ حُبَّكُمُ مُقيمُ

يَعودُ فإِنَّ حُبَّكُمُ مُقيمُ

O dear people of the valley bend, will a time gone by

O people of Jiz', has the time passed

return—for my love for you abides—

That will return? For your love remains.

وَتُصبِحَ رَملَةُ الوَعساءِ منكُم

وَتُصبِحَ رَملَةُ الوَعساءِ منكُم

مُكَللَّةً لَهَا عِقدٌ نَظيمُ

مُكَللَّةً لَهَا عِقدٌ نَظيمُ

and the sands of al-Waʿsāʾ, through you, become

The desolate sands will be crowned by you

garlanded, with a finely strung necklace?

With an orderly pearl necklace on them.

فَقَلبي بَعدَ بُعدِكُمُ مَشوقٌ

فَقَلبي بَعدَ بُعدِكُمُ مَشوقٌ

كَئيبٌ والغَرامُ لَهُ غَريمُ

كَئيبٌ والغَرامُ لَهُ غَريمُ

For my heart, after your departure, is filled with longing,

So my heart after your absence is yearning

sorrowful, and passion is its creditor.

Melancholy, and love is burning in it.