1. كانوا معاني المغاني حينَ ينشدُهُمْ

    شادٍ يجاوبُهُ حُسْنٌ وإحسانُ

    They were the dwellings’ very meaning, when sung to

    By a singer whom beauty and kindness answered.

  2. ما أنتَ حينَ تُغنِّي في منازلهم

    إلا نسيم الصبا والقومُ أغصانُ

    When you sing in their homes, you are nothing

    But the east wind’s breeze, and the people are boughs.