أَضْعَفَ قلبي النرجسُ المُضْعَف

أَضْعَفَ قلبي النرجسُ المُضْعَف

ولا عجيبٌ أَنْ صبا مُدْنَفْ

ولا عجيبٌ أَنْ صبا مُدْنَفْ

The double-flowered narcissus has weakened my heart;

The weakened narcissus has weakened my heart,

Nor is it strange that a lovesick man should fall in love.

And it is no wonder it poured down in torrents,

كأنما بين رياحيننا

كأنما بين رياحيننا

أعشارُ آيٍ ضَمَّها مصحف

أعشارُ آيٍ ضَمَّها مصحف

As though among our fragrant flowers

As if between our two gardens,

Were tenth-verse markers gathered in a Qur’an manuscript.

Were verses brought together in a holy book.