وأهَيفَ مَغْنُوجِ اللَّواحِظِ مُتْرَفٍ

وأهَيفَ مَغْنُوجِ اللَّواحِظِ مُتْرَفٍ

رهيفِ التَثنّي ناهَزَ العَشْرَ في السِنِّ

رهيفِ التَثنّي ناهَزَ العَشْرَ في السِنِّ

And a slender-waisted youth, coy of glance and pampered,

With delicate wrists and observant glances

delicate in his swaying, had nearly reached ten years of age.

Slender in form, over ten years of age

دعاني إِلى باكورة الحُسْنِ صُغْرُهُ

دعاني إِلى باكورة الحُسْنِ صُغْرُهُ

ولم أرَ شيئاً مثلَ باكورة الحُسْنِ

ولم أرَ شيئاً مثلَ باكورة الحُسْنِ

His youth beckoned me to the first fruits of beauty,

His youth called me to the prime of beauty

and I have seen nothing like the first fruits of beauty.

Yet nothing equals the prime of beauty