رُشُّوا بماءِ الورد ضيفاً لنا

رُشُّوا بماءِ الورد ضيفاً لنا

ظبياً أنار الحسنُ من خده

ظبياً أنار الحسنُ من خده

Sprinkle a guest of ours with rosewater—

Sprinkle a guest of ours with rosewater—

a gazelle from whose cheek beauty shone.

a gazelle from whose cheek beauty shone.

فقلت وقد رشَّ به وجهه

فقلت وقد رشَّ به وجهه

قد رجع الماء إلى ورده

قد رجع الماء إلى ورده

And I said, when his face had been sprinkled with it:

So I said, when he had sprinkled his face with it:

“The water has returned to its rose.”

The water has returned to its rose.