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Her lute sings back and forth between four strings

وسجعت رجع عود بين أربعة

1. Her lute sings back and forth between four strings
Secrets of the heart revealed openly among them

١. وَسَجَّعَت رَجعَ عودٍ بَينَ أَربَعَةٍ
سِرُّ الضَمائِرِ فيما بَينَها عَلَنُ

2. Bringing to the regretful from its melody
Joy in detailed composition, though sorrowful refrain

٢. فَوَلَّدَت لِلنَّدامى بَينَ نَغمَتِها
وَكَفِّها فَرَحاً تَفصيلُهُ حَزَنُ

3. No word of its eloquent language stumbled over itself
No tune among its melodies left in confusion

٣. فَما تَلَعثَمَ عَنها لَفظُ مِزهَرِها
وَلا تَحَيَّرَ في أَلحانِها لَحَنُ

4. Each facet of its nature guided effortlessly
By its fingers into fruitful, mellifluous tune

٤. تُهدي إِلى كُلِّ جُزءٍ مِن طَبائِعَها
بَنانُها نَغَماً أَثمارُها فِتَنُ

5. The eye may graze freely in its garden meadow
At times, the ear wander through its expressions

٥. وَتَرتَعي العَينُ مِنها رَوضَ وَجنَتِها
طوراً وَتَسرَحُ في أَلفاظِها الأُذُنُ