قالوا حلا وصف العذار من الورى

قالوا حلا وصف العذار من الورى

في كل ما نلقاه من أبياته

في كل ما نلقاه من أبياته

They said, “The description of cheek-down is sweet among people

They said it was easy to describe her beauty

In every verse of his that we encounter.”

In every verse that we read of his poems

فأجبتهم لم لا يرى حلواً وقد

فأجبتهم لم لا يرى حلواً وقد

قطف الرجال القول عند نباته

قطف الرجال القول عند نباته

So I answered them, “Why should it not seem sweet, when

So I replied, why wouldn't it seem sweet

Men have plucked the words at their sprouting?”

When men pluck words at their first blooming