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The lover gifted his beloved

عاشق أهدى لحبته

1. The lover gifted his beloved
When he feared rejection and boredom

١. عاشق أهدى لحَّبته
حين خاف الصدَّ والملَلا

2. A desert lark in a platter
They had garnished it with onions

٢. جرَّةَ الصحناء في طبقٍ
قد أداروا حولها بصَلا

3. I said, in faulting your gift:
It was he who gifted it who ate it

٣. قلت إذ عيبت هدَّيتكم
إنما أهدى الذي أكلا