رأيناهُ يخطرُ في روضةٍ

رأيناهُ يخطرُ في روضةٍ

كأنْ قد تعلمَ من بانها

كأنْ قد تعلمَ من بانها

We saw him sway as he walked in a garden,

We saw him wandering in a garden

As though he had learned from its bān trees.

As if he had learned from its beauty

فكانتْ بهِ جنةُ العاشقين

فكانتْ بهِ جنةُ العاشقين

وكانَ فؤادي كرضوانها

وكانَ فؤادي كرضوانها

So, through him, it became the lovers’ paradise,

So it became for him the garden of lovers

And my heart was like its Ridwan.

And my heart became like its bliss

وما سميَّ الروضُ باسمِ الجنان

وما سميَّ الروضُ باسمِ الجنان

لو لم يكن بعضَ ولدانها

لو لم يكن بعضَ ولدانها

And the garden would not have borne the name of Paradise

And the garden would not be called a paradise

Had he not been one of its youths.

If it were not for some of its boys