1. تكاد تُنبت عيداناً يوافقها

    شادٍ يوافقُه في نطقهِ الوترُ

    It almost sprouts boughs, joined in harmony by

    a singer whose utterance the string accompanies.

  2. دَرَى الاصولَ وأَداها بنَغمتِهِ

    انَّ الاصولَ عليها يَنبتُ الشَّجَرُ

    He knew the fundamentals and rendered them in his melody;

    indeed, it is upon roots that trees grow.