رُشُّوا بماءِ الورد ضيفاً لنا

رُشُّوا بماءِ الورد ضيفاً لنا

ظبياً أنار الحسنُ من خده

ظبياً أنار الحسنُ من خده

Sprinkle a guest of ours with rosewater—

Sprinkle with rose water a guest of ours

a gazelle, from whose cheek beauty shone.

A gazelle whose beauty lit up his cheek

فقلت وقد رشَّ به وجهه

فقلت وقد رشَّ به وجهه

قد رجع الماء إلى ورده

قد رجع الماء إلى ورده

So I said, when he had sprinkled his face with it:

So I said, as the water sprinkled his face

“The water has indeed returned to its rose.”

The water has returned to its rose