1. She came with a lute, whose melody
Was like the voice of a girl lamenting the absence of her beloved

2. Subdued, souls became light for it
As if flowers bloomed around it

3. Her fingers turned about it, and moved
Like intertwining hands that clasp

4. If she strummed it chasing one who flees
On a fast steed, he would turn back

5. Oh, the beauty of their two voices, as if
They were two sisters conversing

6. And it takes his place if she falls silent
And it takes her place if the two fall silent