1. أَنالَت مُنى قَلبي المُنى حين غَنَّتِ

    فَلَم أَدرِ هَل غنَّتهُ أَم هي غنَّتِ

    Muna granted my heart its wishes when she sang.

    So I could not tell: did she sing to it, or did she herself sing?

  2. وَشاقَت فُؤادي لِلحجاز وأَهلِه

    عشيَّة غَنَّت بالحجاز وَرَنَّتِ

    And she made my heart long for Hijaz and its people,

    On the evening she sang in the Hijaz mode and her voice rang out.

  3. وَجُنَّ بها العُشّاقُ لَمّا شدَت به

    وأَبدَت من الأَشجان ما قد أَجنَّتِ

    And lovers went mad for her when she sang in it,

    And she revealed the sorrows she had concealed.

  4. وَسارَت رِكابُ القوم تُرملُ عندما

    شدَت رَمَلاً حتّى إِلى الرَملِ حَنَّتِ

    And the people's mounts trotted onward when

    She sang Ramal, until they yearned even for the sand.

  5. وإِن غَنَّت الرَكبيَّ وَالركب سائِرٌ

    غدا حائراً ما كدَّرَته وَثَنَّتِ

    And if she sang Rakbi while the caravan was moving,

    It grew bewildered; she did not trouble it, and sang again.

  6. وَكَم من مَقامٍ قَد تَعالى مَقامُه

    بأَلحانها لما به قد تَغَنَّتِ

    And many a musical mode rose in standing

    Through her melodies, when she sang in it.