سألواthey asked أميناAmin كيفhow يبكىweeps الناىthe flute فيin
سألوا أمينا كيف يبكى الناى في
يدهhis hand ويستبكىand moves to tears الملاthe gathering بشجونهwith its sorrows
يده ويستبكى الملا بشجونه
They asked Amin how the flute weeps in
his hand and moves the gathering to tears with its sorrowful strains.
فأجابthen he replied خِلىmy friend لاmay ... not عدمتI lose ودادهhis affection
فأجاب خِلى لا عدمت وداده
أبكىI weep علىfor عينىmy eyes بكلwith all عيونهits eyes (flute holes)
أبكى على عينى بكل عيونه
Then my friend replied—may I never lose his affection—
“I weep for my eyes with all its eyes.”
Sol 6.1