وَساحِرِ الدَّلِّ والتَّثَنِّي

لَيْسَ لَهُ في المِلاحِ ثَانِي

And sorcerer of tenderness and yearning

He has no second in musicalness

مَا دَبَّتِ الرّاحُ فيهِ إِلا

غَنَّى فَأَغْنَى عَنِ المَثَانِي

The winds blew in him nothing but

Songs that made songs needless