ان وَرد الرِياضِ بِالكَف

ان وَرد الرِياضِ بِالكَف

فِ وورد الخدود بِالفم يَقطف

فِ وورد الخدود بِالفم يَقطف

Indeed, garden roses are plucked by hand;

Indeed, the rose of the gardens is plucked by hand,

cheek-roses are plucked by the mouth.

and the rose of the cheeks is plucked by the mouth.

وَاِذا ما عدلت في الحكم فَالور

وَاِذا ما عدلت في الحكم فَالور

د الَّذي بِالشفاه يقطف أَشرَف

د الَّذي بِالشفاه يقطف أَشرَف

And if you judge fairly, the rose

And if you are fair in judgment, then the rose

plucked by the lips is the nobler one.

that is plucked with the lips is nobler.

ذا اِذا زدته من اللَثم يردا

ذا اِذا زدته من اللَثم يردا

د اِحمِرارا وَذاكَ ان زدته جَف

د اِحمِرارا وَذاكَ ان زدته جَف

This one, if you lavish more kisses on it, grows

This one, if you kiss it more, grows

redder; that one, if you do the same, withers.

redder; and that one, if you give it more, withers.