1. Does companionship delight, or does melody soothe,
Except when the composer is sublime?

2. The strings flow beneath his fingers,
Like the flow of rivers with melodies,

3. Between harmony, congruous intermixing,
Coordination, and contrast with order.

4. Its rhythm flows on its threads,
Cascading from the source of inspiration.

5. Its tones are a language whose letters
Are bound to the ear carrying them to minds.

6. Far apart in revealing secrets are they -
Agitation and the rain of pens.

7. Some of it excites you with its echo
Of the warbling of a dove and the coo of a pigeon.

8. And you feel the breeze's blow in a meadow
And see the roses blooming in buds.

9. O creator in his art and inspirer
Awakening our vigilance with the marvels of dreams!

10. In East or West, no wonder if
You receive what you receive of honors.

11. The right of genius, and it is indeed a law
Followed for the diverse peoples.

12. How excellent the reward for perfection, and how difficult
What the generous one endures besides perfection!

13. Genius is no easy thing for the picker,
It is of the fruits of strife and pains.

14. An art whose ambition in it we fell short of
Steps, courts, and pouring out passions,

15. And of gentle, musical, no longer complaining
Whatever the lovelorn complains of ailments.

16. The bliss has veiled its sun from
Our spirits except behind clouds.

17. And the lightning flash of death almost does not shine forth
To our eyes except when they are confused.

18. The Orient, and it is the place of the people of guidance
And the haven of the valiant and resolute!

19. Time let flow its tears upon its eyelids,
So life is of what has melted away like a dream.

20. Recreate through its music, after its secret,
Not to vie in the loftiness of position!

21. Has the voice of our pots and our talk
In every people risen over all speech?

22. Or have we in talents or graces
Glory to which time will return?

23. Or has this torrent no threatening roar
To the intruders, with the vigilance of eagles?

24. Increase your means so your art may rise
And soar to the distant, lofty goal!

25. As for talents, do not interfere, and there is nothing
We desire but diversity and solidity.