1. When they were smitten with longing in youth,
They made a minstrel I reproached with the dove's color.
١. وَزَنْجٍ شَبَّبُوا لَمَّا شَجَاهُمْ
مُغَنٍّ خِلْتُه زرقا اليمامَهْ
2. It was as though intoxicated and carried away they were,
Warblers singing to them in the dove-cot.
٢. كَأنَّهُمُ وَقَدْ سكِرُوا وَطَارُوا
شحَارِيرٌ تَغَنَّتْهُمْ حَمَامَهْ