شيخٌan old man لناof ours منfrom آلthe family of مسعودِMas‘ud
شيخٌ لنا من آل مسعودِ
منamong أحذقthe most skilled الأمةthe community بالعُودِwith the lute
من أحذق الأمة بالعُودِ
We have an elder of the house of Mas‘ud,
An old man of ours, of the house of Mas‘ud,
one of the nation’s deftest players of the oud.
Is among the community’s most skilled with the lute.
تستأنسfeel at ease الطيرthe birds إلىtoward قَوسْهhis bow
تستأنس الطير إلى قَوسْه
كأنهas though it were محرابُthe prayer niche of داوودِDavid
كأنه محرابُ داوودِ
The birds draw near, unafraid, toward his bow,
The birds feel at ease beside his bow,
as though it were David’s sanctuary.
As though it were David’s prayer niche.
Sol 6.1