أفدي التي كتبت إلي بنانها

في العود ما أعيا على الكتّاب

I would give my life for she who wrote to me with her fingers

On the lute - how tiring for the writers!

كتبت ولا خط سوى أوتارها

فيرى ولا قلم سوى المضراب

She wrote without any pen but her strings

So it's seen without any pen but the plectrum

فقرأت ما كتبت بسمعي مطرقاً

وأمرت طرفي أن يرد جوابي

I read what she wrote by listening closely

And told my eyes to reply to her