If that graceful youth with delicate beauty steps toward the garden, color and fragrance would swiftly rush out from the rose and basil to welcome him.
This couplet captures the enchanting aura of youth and beauty in the most delightful way. The poet imagines that if the graceful beloved were ever to step into a garden, nature itself would be swept off its feet. Rather than competing with such charm, the color of the roses and the perfume of the sweet basil would instantly leave their petals behind, rushing forward like an eager welcoming party to greet the beloved.
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