1. عُلِّقْتُهُ حين ارجحنّ به الصبا

    مرحاً ونوّر غصنه المترنحُ

    I fell in love with him when youth set him swaying,

    in joy, and his swaying branch blossomed.

  2. رشأ أغن مُخَفَّر مترعرع

    في الحسن يرتع في النعيم ويمرح

    A softly nasal-voiced fawn, sheltered and still growing,

    he grazes amid beauty and frolics in bliss.

  3. قد كان لي منه بغلواء الهوى

    أيام لا أصغي ولا أتنصح

    I once had with him, in love's wild fervor,

    days when I neither listened nor heeded advice.

  4. ريحانة ريّا تميد وروضة

    أنُفٌ تَرِفّ ووردة تتفتَّح

    A lush basil sprig swaying, and a meadow

    untouched and flourishing, and a rose unfolding.

  5. تغدو وصدّاح الحمام مهمهم

    والجو ينفص بالرذاذ وينضح

    You set out at dawn, while the tuneful dove murmurs,

    and the air sprays and sprinkles fine drizzle,

  6. والروض مكموم الذرى بضبابه

    يندى وأنفاس الأزاهر تنفح

    and the meadow, its crests shrouded in its mist,

    grows dewy, and the breaths of blossoms waft,

  7. لمقرِّ أوطارٍ ومأْلَفِ صبوةٍ

    تروى بها أحشاؤنا وتُرَوحُ

    to a haven of desires and a haunt of youthful passion,

    by which our inmost selves are quenched and refreshed.