أَيُّwhich غُصنٍbough فيin الرَوضِthe garden هزَّstirred نَسيمٌa breeze
أَيُّ غُصنٍ في الرَوضِ هزَّ نَسيمٌ
نُثِرَتwere scattered منهُfrom it هذهthese الأَزهارُthe blossoms
نُثِرَت منهُ هذه الأَزهارُ
Which bough in the garden has a breeze stirred,
Which branch in the garden did a breeze shake,
From which these blossoms were scattered?
that scattered these flowers?
حَبَّذاhow lovely شِعرهُhis verse الجَنِيُّfreshly plucked وَأَهلاًand welcome
حَبَّذا شِعرهُ الجَنِيُّ وَأَهلاً
بِبَيانٍto eloquence تُزهىare adorned بهby it الأَشعارُthe poems
بِبَيانٍ تُزهى به الأَشعارُ
How lovely his freshly plucked verse—and welcome
Welcome is poetry that adorns
To eloquence by which poems are adorned!
speech with elegant metaphors.