1. أَنطِق وَتَراً بِهِ اشتفى الأَرواحُ

    أَعمِلهُ فَفي بَنانك الأَفراحُ

    Make a string speak; through it souls have found healing.

    Play it, for joy lies in your fingertips.

  2. إِبهامُكَ ما اِنتَحَت لِعودٍ وَتَراً

    إِلّا وَلَهُ عَن الهَوى إِفصاحُ

    Your thumb has never sought out a lute’s string

    without its giving clear expression to love.