تَكبيراً لاتَظني أَنَّ غَانِيَةً

تُحَاكِيكِ ضَرباً ولاَ شَدواً تُحَاوِلُهُ

Do not think that any songstress

Can match your rhythm or attempt your melody.

أعلاَكِ مَولاَكِ في الشَّادِينَ مَرتَبَةً

وَاللهُ مَا شَاءَ في الأشيَاءِ فَاعِلُهُ

Your Master has raised you among singers to the highest rank.

And Allah does whatever He wills with things.

قَد فُقتِ كُلَّ امرِىءٍ يَشدُو أو امرَأةٍ

والصُّبحُ أبلَحُ لاَ تَخفي دَلاَئِلُهُ

You have surpassed every singing man or woman,

And the dawn grows bright, its signs cannot be hidden.

وفي غِنَائِكِ مِن مَحضِ اللَّذَاذَةِ في

قَلبِ اللَّبِيبِ إنزِلاَلٌ هُو قَاتِلُهُ

And in your pure singing is for the heart of the perceptive

A pleasurable sinking that kills him.

ورُضُّتِ عُودَكِ حَتَّى إِن حَكاكِ غِناً

يَخشَاكِ إِن مَالَ عَمَّا قُلتِ مَائِلُهُ

You have mastered your lute until if you speak nonsense in song

Who inclines from what you say fears you.

فَهو قَائِلُ مَا أمسَيتِ قَائِلَةً

وأنتَ قَائِلَةٌ مَاهوُ قَائِلُهُ

So he says whatever you say in the evening,

While you say whatever he says.

كَأَنَّ مِن نَغَمِكَ امتَدَّت لَهُ نِغَمٌ

ومِن أنَامِلِكِ امتَدَّت أنَامِلُهُ

As if your melody extends a melody to him

And from your fingers extend his fingers.