وصاحبand a man with عودa lute بهupon it عازفplaying
وصاحب عود به عازف
يحركهhe sets it vibrating عنon behalf of هزارa nightingale غردwarbling
يحركه عن هزار غرد
And a man with a lute, playing upon it,
Softly strums the lute
sets it vibrating in a warbling nightingale’s stead.
Plucking a thousand songs
أناملهhis fingertips تلتقىmeet فيwithin الفؤادthe heart
أنامله تلتقى في الفؤاد
وريشتهand his plectrum تنبرىadvances للكبدupon the liver
وريشته تنبرى للكبد
His fingertips meet within the heart,
Fingers caress the heart
and his plectrum advances upon the liver.
Quill scrapes at the soul
Sol 6.1