معذَّرٌ عشتُ بتقبيلِهِ

معذَّرٌ عشتُ بتقبيلِهِ

فمتُّ منْ عشقٍ وَمَنْ عاشَ ماتْ

فمتُّ منْ عشقٍ وَمَنْ عاشَ ماتْ

A downy-cheeked youth—I lived by kissing him;

I apologize, I have lived by his kiss

then I died of love—and whoever lives dies.

So I died of love and whoever lives, dies

فثغرُهُ والشعرُ في خدِّهِ

فثغرُهُ والشعرُ في خدِّهِ

هذا سُنيناتٌ وهذا نباتْ

هذا سُنيناتٌ وهذا نباتْ

For his mouth and the hair upon his cheek—

His lips and the hair on his cheek

the one is tiny teeth, the other budding growth.

This is years and this is growth