1. Do not be surprised when you see the lute has become like one alive while it is among the dead.
For all of it was once living, so it is of two types - and they alone are the living.
١. لا تعجبنَّ اذا رأَيتَ العود قَد
اضحى كحيٍّ وهو في المَوتانِ
2. The wood is from some vegetation, as you see, and the feathers and strings are from an animal.
And it has been handled by musicians, so it has become enjoying through them a second life.
٢. فجميعُهُ قد كان حَيّا فهوَ من
صنفَينِ وحدَهما هما الحَيّانِ
٣. العود من بعض النبات كَما ترى
وَالريشُ والاوتار من حَيَوانِ
٤. وَلَقَد تداولهُ البَنانُ فقد غدا
متمتّعاً منها بعيشٍ ثانِ