أَتَهدي بِالزُهور لِطيب عرف

أَتَهدي بِالزُهور لِطيب عرف

وَنَفح العطر فيها مُستَعار

وَنَفح العطر فيها مُستَعار

Do you offer flowers for their sweet scent,

You bring flowers of sweet fragrance

while the waft of perfume in them is borrowed?

Whose borrowed scents the breezes enhance

وَفي الاِنفاسِ ما يَنسي شَذاها

وَفي الاِنفاسِ ما يَنسي شَذاها

وَاِن يَكُ في الرِياضِ لَه اِزدِهار

وَاِن يَكُ في الرِياضِ لَه اِزدِهار

And in breaths is what makes one forget their fragrance,

Though gardens in bloom their perfumes outdo

even though it may flourish in the gardens.

The breath of your lips makes me their aroma rue

فَخاطِب مِن شَغفت بِهِ شَفاها

فَخاطِب مِن شَغفت بِهِ شَفاها

غَذاء الروح ذاكَ الاِعتِطار

غَذاء الروح ذاكَ الاِعتِطار

So speak face to face to the one you love;

So speak, my heart's craving, and let your mouth move

that perfuming is nourishment for the soul.

To nourish my soul that it may forever improve