وَمُعَذَّرٍ سَلَبَ الحَدَائِقَ آسَهَا

وَمُعَذَّرٍ سَلَبَ الحَدَائِقَ آسَهَا

وَأعَارَهَا مِنْ خَدّهِ الوَرْدَ الجَنِي

وَأعَارَهَا مِنْ خَدّهِ الوَرْدَ الجَنِي

And a downy-cheeked youth robbed the gardens of their myrtle,

And the excuser robbed the gardens of their myrtles

And lent them freshly picked roses from his cheek.

And lent them from his cheek the picked roses

فَكَأنَّ وَجْنَتَهُ وَآسَ عِذَارِهِ

فَكَأنَّ وَجْنَتَهُ وَآسَ عِذَارِهِ

طلعُ الشَّقَائق تَحْتَ لَيْلٍ أدْكَنِ

طلعُ الشَّقَائق تَحْتَ لَيْلٍ أدْكَنِ

So it is as though his cheek and the myrtle of his sideburns

So it was as if his orchard and the myrtles of his excuse

Were anemone blossoms beneath a dusky night.

Were meadow saffron blooming under the darkest night