وَعودٍand a lute يَهيجُstirs الشَجوَsorrow طيبُsweetness رَنينِهِof its resonance
وَعودٍ يَهيجُ الشَجوَ طيبُ رَنينِهِ
فَصيحٍeloquent بِماin whatever اِستَنطَقتَهُyou made it speak وَهوَthough it is أَخرَسُmute
فَصيحٍ بِما اِستَنطَقتَهُ وَهوَ أَخرَسُ
And a lute whose sweet resonance stirs sorrow,
Promises that stir melancholy, sweet is their resonance
eloquent in whatever you make it utter, though it is mute.
An eloquent speaker though mute
إِذاwhen أَوحَتِconfided اليُمنىthe right hand إِلَيهِto it وَوَسوَسَتand whispered
إِذا أَوحَتِ اليُمنى إِلَيهِ وَوَسوَسَت
أَبانَتmade clear لَهُto it اليُسرىthe left hand بِماذاabout what توسوسُshe whispers
أَبانَت لَهُ اليُسرى بِماذا توسوسُ
When the right hand confides in it and whispers,
When the right hand hints to him and tempts
the left hand makes clear to it what the right hand whispers.
The left reveals to him what it whispers
Sol 6.1