سلاماً أَلَذّ مِن السَّلسبيل

وأَحْلاَ مِنَ الوصْلِ بعد الصدودِ

Greetings sweeter than honeyed drink

And more delightful than reunion after estrangement

كَعَوْدِ الشّبابِ ورشْفِ الرّضابِ

وكَسْر الجفونِ وضمّ القدودِ

Like the sapling of youth and the spray of meadows

And the breaking of eyelids and the drawing together of cheeks