وربand many a أعمىblind man وجههhis face روضةٌa garden
ورب أعمى وجهه روضةٌ
تنزهىtakes pleasure (form unclear) فيهاin it كثيرmuch; many الديونthe debts
تنزهى فيها كثير الديون
And many a blind man's face is a garden,
Many a blind man with a face
where one laden with debts takes his pleasure.
Is like a garden where those in debt
فيon خدهhis cheek وردٌa rose غنيناwe were satisfied بهwith it
في خده وردٌ غنينا به
عنinstead of نرجسٍnarcissus ماnot فتحتهopened it العيونthe eyes
عن نرجسٍ ما فتحته العيون
On his cheek is a rose that has sufficed us
Roam at ease; his cheeks are roses
in place of narcissus that the eyes have not opened.
That spare us narcissi not yet in bloom.