1. وَأَغَنَّ أَبدى مِن مَواجِبِ عودِهِ

    نَغَماً أَصَحَّ بِهِ القُلوبَ وَأَمرَضا

    And a mellow-voiced singer brought forth from his oud’s vibrations

    A melody with which he healed hearts and made them ill,

  2. بِيَدٍ إِذا سَخِطَت عَلى أَوتارِهِ

    نالَ الرِفاقُ بِسُخطِها عَينَ الرِضى

    With a hand that, when it grew angry at its strings,

    The companions gained, through its anger, contentment itself.