وصلَتْhas arrived هديَّتُكyour gift التيwhich هذَّبتهاyou refined it
وصلَتْ هديَّتُك التي هذَّبتها
تهذِيبهاits refinement فيin الوزنpoetic meter والمنثورِand prose
تهذِيبها في الوزن والمنثورِ
Your gift has arrived, the one you refined;
Your gift has arrived, refined
its refinement is in verse and prose.
In prose and verse, of literature the gem
دُرّيةpearl-like الآدابliterary arts إلاّexcept أنّهاthat it
دُرّية الآداب إلاّ أنّها
معشوقةُbeloved التطويلlengthening والتقصيرand shortening
معشوقةُ التطويل والتقصير
A pearl of letters, except that it
Except it tends to elongation and concision
is beloved whether lengthened or shortened.
As lovers of excess and brevity
هيit كالرياضlike gardens إذاwhen تَضاحَكَlaughed together نَوْرُهاtheir blossoms
هي كالرياض إذا تَضاحَكَ نَوْرُها
وصفاءand the purity ودّكof your affection فيهin it كالكافورlike camphor
وصفاء ودّك فيه كالكافور
It is like gardens when their blossoms laugh together,
Like gardens smiling in the light
and the purity of your affection in it is like camphor.
Purity and musk as camphor