قالواthey said عشقتَyou fell in love with صغيراًa youth قلتُI said أرتعُI graze فيin
قالوا عشقتَ صغيراً قلتُ أرتعُ في
روضthe garden of المحاسنcharms حتىuntil يدركَripens الثَّمَرُthe fruit
روض المحاسن حتى يدركَ الثَّمَرُ
They said, “You fell in love with a youth.” I said, “I graze in
They said you loved one young, I said I graze in
the garden of charms until the fruit ripens.”
The garden of beauties until the fruit matures
ربيعa springtime of حُسنٍbeauty دعانيcalled me لافتتاحto the beginning of هوىlove
ربيع حُسنٍ دعاني لافتتاح هوى
لماwhen تفتَّحunfurled منهfrom it النورُthe blossoms والزَّهَرُand the flowers
لما تفتَّح منه النورُ والزَّهَرُ
A springtime of beauty called me to love’s beginning,
The spring of beauty called me to inaugurate love
when its blossoms and flowers unfurled.
When light and flowers blossomed from it