ودفّand a side or edge أشجارtrees سمعناwe heard بهat it
ودفّ أشجار سمعنا به
ناعورةa waterwheel مطربةenchanting الوصفthe description
ناعورة مطربة الوصف
And at a grove's edge we heard
The trees swayed and we heard
a waterwheel, enchanting to describe.
A fountain, delightful in description,
لاno غَرْوَwonder إنif شببsang amorously نظمverse الورىhumankind
لا غَرْوَ إن شبب نظم الورى
فيهاabout it فقدfor indeed غنَّتit sang علىto the accompaniment of الدفِّthe tambourine
فيها فقد غنَّت على الدفِّ
No wonder if people's verse sings love-songs
Sing no wonder if the verse of the world
about it, for it has sung to the tambourine.
Trills upon the tambourine in it