قالوا حلا وصف العذار من الورى

في كل ما نلقاه من أبياته

They said it was easy to describe her beauty

In every verse that we read of his poems

فأجبتهم لم لا يرى حلواً وقد

قطف الرجال القول عند نباته

So I replied, why wouldn't it seem sweet

When men pluck words at their first blooming