رأيناهُ يخطرُ في روضةٍ

كأنْ قد تعلمَ من بانها

We saw him wandering in a garden

As if he had learned from its beauty

فكانتْ بهِ جنةُ العاشقين

وكانَ فؤادي كرضوانها

So it became for him the garden of lovers

And my heart became like its bliss

وما سميَّ الروضُ باسمِ الجنان

لو لم يكن بعضَ ولدانها

And the garden would not be called a paradise

If it were not for some of its boys