أمرُ هذا العودِ عندي عجبُ

لو عكسناهُ عذَرْنا العاكسا

This lute's affair is wondrous unto me

Were we to change it, we'd exonerate he who changed it

أعولتْ ورقٌ عليه أخضرا

وشَدَتْ غيدٌ عليه يابسا

Green leaves upon it have become withered

And dry branches upon it have become green