في الروض أبصرت ظبياً

في الروض أبصرت ظبياً

قد شابه الغصنُ قدَّهْ

قد شابه الغصنُ قدَّهْ

In the garden I beheld a gazelle;

In the garden I saw a gazelle

The bough indeed resembled his figure.

Whose neck resembled a branch

فقلت يا غصن دعني

فقلت يا غصن دعني

بالله أقطف ورده

بالله أقطف ورده

So I said, “O bough, let me,

So I said, "O branch, let me

For God’s sake, pluck his roses.”

For God's sake, pluck your rose."