1. ومغنٍّ إنْ شداكُم منشدا

    أعذبَ الغيَّ وأغوى العذبا

    And a singer—if he sings to you, chanting—

    Makes waywardness sweet and leads the sweet astray,

  2. كالصَّبا هبَّتْ بأغصانِ الصِّبا

    تطربُ الحيَّ وتحيي الطربَا

    Like the east wind blowing through the boughs of youth,

    Enrapturing the living and bringing rapture to life.