1. She almost grows branches that the lute's strings would accompany
In its speech, as soon as it's tuned
١. تكاد تُنبت عيداناً يوافقها
شادٍ يوافقُه في نطقهِ الوترُ
2. It knows the fundamentals and performs them in its melody
For fundamentals are what trees grow from
٢. دَرَى الاصولَ وأَداها بنَغمتِهِ
انَّ الاصولَ عليها يَنبتُ الشَّجَرُ