وأهيَفٍ كالغصن لما رأى

وأهيَفٍ كالغصن لما رأى

تصاعد الأنفاس من حرقي

تصاعد الأنفاس من حرقي

And a slender youth, like a branch, when he saw

Slender like a branch when he saw

Breaths rising from my burning anguish,

My smoldering breaths rise

ناولني من يده وردة

ناولني من يده وردة

كأنها من خده المشرقي

كأنها من خده المشرقي

Handed me a rose from his hand,

He handed me a rose

As though it came from his radiant cheek,

As if plucked from his radiant cheek

لكي يظن الناس من جهلهم

لكي يظن الناس من جهلهم

بأنها أنفاس منتشقِ

بأنها أنفاس منتشقِ

So that people, in their ignorance, might think

So people would think in their ignorance

That they were the breaths of one inhaling its fragrance.

That it was but a whiff I had taken