رَيحانَتيO two basil sprigs of رَوضthe garden of المَحاسنbeauty ماwhat الَّذيthat
رَيحانَتي رَوض المَحاسن ما الَّذي
بَلغتماهُyou both heard it مِنfrom العذولthe reproacher اللاغيthe prattling one
بَلغتماهُ مِن العذول اللاغي
O two basil sprigs of beauty’s garden, what is it
you both have heard from the prattling reproacher,
حَتّىso that تَوارَتbecame hidden مِنfrom لِحاظيmy gaze وَردتاthe two roses of
حَتّى تَوارَت مِن لِحاظي وَردتا
خَديكُماthe two cheeks of you both ببنفسجwith the violets of الأَصداغthe temples
خَديكُما ببنفسج الأَصداغ
that the two roses have vanished from my gaze—
those of your cheeks—behind the violets of your temples?